The emergence of the industrial revolution and the birth of industrial civilization are not accidental events, but require certain conditions. These conditions include a variety of aspects such as technology, economy, society and culture. Before the industrial civilization, mankind went through a long period of stone and agricultural civilization. However, industrial civilization could not be born on the basis of stone civilization, it had to be built on the basis of agricultural civilization.
The development of agricultural civilization provided the necessary material and technical foundation for the birth of industrial civilization. During the period of agricultural civilization, people began to learn to use tools, grow crops, and raise animals, and gradually formed a stable production and lifestyle. With the continuous advancement of agricultural technology and the increase in productivity, people began to have more spare time and resources to engage in other activities, such as handicrafts, ** and cultural exchanges. These activities further promoted the exchange of technology and culture, and provided the necessary conditions for the birth of industrial civilization.
In the agrarian civilization of the West, it has developed relatively quickly due to a variety of reasons such as geographical location, climate, and history. In the history of exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations, the West has continuously absorbed advanced technology and culture from the East. For hundreds of years, China has been exporting advanced civilizations. China's science and technology and culture have been widely used and popularized in Western agricultural civilization. For example, China's four great inventions (papermaking, gunpowder, printing, and the compass) had a profound impact on the development of science and technology and culture in the West.
Therefore, it can be said that the industrial revolution and the birth of industrial civilization in the West appeared in the context of the development of its agricultural civilization to a certain extent. At the same time, the agricultural civilization of the West also benefited from absorbing advanced technology and culture from the East. This kind of cross-civilization exchange and integration provided the necessary conditions and foundation for the emergence of the industrial revolution and the birth of industrial civilization.