Background of Industrial Revolution

- period of rapid devalopments in many areas including industry, energy, transport, communications, science etc., which crought complete change / fundamental change to society

- Britain
- around 1750-1900
- Age of Machines

Before Industrial Revolution

- people lived in villages, nobles in castles
- agriculture-based society
　- by hand and simple tools = man power = labour intensive
　- Three-field System (11th century - 18th century)
　- production was limited
- domestic production
　- Domestic System
- poor transportation = low transport efficiency
　- nobles bu horses or carriages
　　- poor road network
　- commoners on foot
　　- roads flooded on rainy days

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