Two economic zones
Britain, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Western Austro-Hungarian Empire, Northern Italy - advanced
Southern Italy, most Austria Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Belkin, Russia - provided foods and raw materials for the industrial countries, lower living standards
Industrialization in Europe started in the 18th century with the so-called Industrial Revolution, which started in England. Technological discoveries and new sources of energy occurred, among other fundamental factors for industrialization in Europe and in the world.
Industrialization means the processes, operations and socioeconomic activities that transform nature, an area and its respective society, through the implementation and improvement of new techniques, machines and methods.
Some factors were essential for countries to industrialize, among them the invention of new machines and their diffusion, discovery of energy sources, development of methods, existence of vast raw materials, domestic and foreign markets and favorable political and social conditions.
More than two hundred years after the First Industrial Revolution, Europe has manufacturing units spread over practically its entire territory.
