Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26154170-20160411110506/@comment-3428312-20160413041014

Candiesrgood wrote: Well, I am planning to make a mapgame where Song China industrialises in the 14th century due to the acquisition of the Northern Jin dynasty, bringing it closer to coal deposits that it lacked during its "proto-industrialisation" (during which modern institutions were adopted and China emerged as the most advanced and wealthiest economy, though the Mongol invasions got rid of these advancements). Could anyone think of a POD where this could happen? Ghenghis Khan dies sometime around 1200, thus averting the Mongol conquests. The Jin eventually start to collapse, allowing for the Song to advance northwards and reclaim their former territory.