Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period of tremendous economic and social development in Tellurus, caused primarily by major technological innovations resulting from the adoption of and the. The Industrial Revolution began at different periods of time in Serica and later Hatar, the two continents which saw the earliest adoption and development of industrial technology. The material advancements which characterized the industrialization movement would propel these two continents and its various native polities to hegemonic powers on the global stage, most significantly in the creation of transcontinental colonial empires which would shape world history and geopolitics to its contemporary form in the still ongoing Cold War.

Industrial Revolution in Serica
The starting date of the Industrial Revolution in Serica, recognized in native - particularly Infernalist - historiography as the Elucidations, is debatable.

What is recognizable as emerged in the 12th century in the Empire of Fengjiang (modern Fengjiang), when technological innovations spawned from the Serican Peninsula surrounding salt and later, gas drilling led to a developmental feedback loop which saw leaps in local industries, especially in metallurgy and agriculture.