An in depth look in Western Civilization

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The emergence of Industrial Revolution through the Western Civilization

Introduction

Western civilization is a term that refers to the European cultures including their origins . The western culture is mainly comprised of literacy , musical , scientific and philosophical principles that differentiate it from all other civilizations (Stearns ,

.N 165 . The western civilization concept in most cases is categorized as the basis of the critique of the American culture , racism , commercialism imperialism , Nazism , communism , capitalism , industrialization and Fascism or Modernism (Stearns ,

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Origin of Western Civilization

It is believed that western civilization had its origin from feudalism and Christianity and is generally referred as having Greco-roman and Judea Christian roots (Ashton T . S 77 . Germans Celtic , Slavic , Jewish and Islamic cultures are also known to be attributes of its origin . It was through western civilization that industrial revolution occurred bringing about a lot of changes mainly in agriculture and economic (Ashton T . S 77

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution Era is renowned as a period during the late 18th century and early 19th century when Europe and especially Britain experienced drastic changes its socioeconomic and cultural fronts before spreading to the other regions of Europe , North America and later the entire world . Industrialization is the term that is widely used to describe the important era in the development of Europe . Many historians have varied about the period covered by industrial revolution . Eric Hobsbawn argued that industrial revolution broke out in the 1780 's and wasn 't fully felt until 1830 's and 1840 's while T .S Ashton states that is broke out between 1760 and 1830 . Till today , it is yet unclear of when industrial revolution occurred and this has remained a debate amongst many of the historians (Ashton T . S 79

General cause of Industrial Revolution

The cause of the industrial revolution is not definite , as various historians have different versions about its cause . However , according to Lewis Munford , he believed that it had its own origin in the early middle age and explains that the archetypal model for the industrial era was the clock ' he also stated that majority of the medieval states had a church at their centers with ringing bells at regular intervals (Ashton T . S 79

Domestic markets are also considered as a factor that also caused industrial revolution . In countries like France , markets were split up with the local regions imposing tariffs and tolls on the goods traded (Merriman , John 110

Causes of industrial revolution in Europe

Many historians still find industrial revolution as an enigma , as it only occurred first in Europe , China , India and Middle East and not other parts of the world by the 18th century . According to Kenneth Pomeranz a renown historian , China and Europe bore certain similarities in the 1700 , however Europe expanded economically more than China because of the differences in the availability of various sources of coal , raw materials and wood especially from the colonies of the new world

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