Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130420085418

No, it would not.

Sorry, there's basically no English words that came from Latin. It's a language of the Church and scholars - nothing more.

...You missed my point about China entirely.

When they actually started to industrialize, they did fairly well. Not as well as Japan, but still pretty good.

Their government and culture more or less meant that they actively resisted the concept for as long as possible.

The early 1800s? No, not really behind. After the first couple decades? Definitely.

The IR needs some sort of fuel of that nature. It need not necessarily be coal or oil, but it's definitely going to be something like that - cheap, easily accessible, and reasonably efficient.

The idea that there was ever such a shortage has been greatly exaggerated. To the questions, the answer is all "No."

So-called "alternative" energies did have a head-start - they've been around for centuries.

It would have the flag of Rome. Definitely not a tricolor of any kind.