This was interesting. I tried the Industrial Revolution one.
I initially thought it was strange that the textile industry was first (my history is patchy at best). I remembered that industrial looms were an important invention but it seemed to me that something earlier in the production chain should be bigger, like coal extraction or rail, steam engines, or agriculture. I noticed that electricity was not so significant until after the industrial revolution. I think my error sensors were over active though—I flagged a lot of stuff as false and only some of it was. Here’s the summary:
Correctly spotted: Electricity too early, Telephone too early, lack of much mention of steam power + coal.
Incorrectly spotted: Textile industry seemed too dominant, Did not know about/expect there would be a recession in the 1830s
This was interesting. I tried the Industrial Revolution one.
I initially thought it was strange that the textile industry was first (my history is patchy at best). I remembered that industrial looms were an important invention but it seemed to me that something earlier in the production chain should be bigger, like coal extraction or rail, steam engines, or agriculture. I noticed that electricity was not so significant until after the industrial revolution. I think my error sensors were over active though—I flagged a lot of stuff as false and only some of it was. Here’s the summary:
Correctly spotted: Electricity too early, Telephone too early, lack of much mention of steam power + coal.
Incorrectly spotted: Textile industry seemed too dominant, Did not know about/expect there would be a recession in the 1830s