Silk and the Song Dynasty

Watch this video, which describes what some historians consider to be the time of the Industrial Revolution in China: the Song Dynasty. In addition to explaining how the silk trade drove this time of great innovation and empowerment, the presenter considers how historians could call the Song Dynasty the Chinese Industrial Revolution and how it differed from the Industrial Revolution in England.

Source: OER Project, https://youtu.be/DM2uEidro5Y
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