<P> Technological advances , in areas such as railroads , steamboats , mining , and agriculture , were embraced to a higher degree in the West than the East during the Great Divergence . Technology led to increased industrialization and economic complexity in the areas of agriculture , trade , fuel and resources , further separating the East and the West . Western Europe 's use of coal as an energy substitute for wood in the mid-19th century gave it a major head start in modern energy production . </P>
<P> Technological advances , in areas such as railroads , steamboats , mining , and agriculture , were embraced to a higher degree in the West than the East during the Great Divergence . Technology led to increased industrialization and economic complexity in the areas of agriculture , trade , fuel and resources , further separating the East and the West . Western Europe 's use of coal as an energy substitute for wood in the mid-19th century gave it a major head start in modern energy production . </P>
what factors made it possible for an industrial revolution to occur in europe
what factors made it possible for an industrial revolution to occur in europe
Technological advances , in areas such as railroads , steamboats , mining , and agriculture
Technological advances , in areas such as railroads , steamboats , mining , and agriculture