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The Industrial Revolution is typically said to have begun in the 1700s, around 1750. The Scramble for Africa began in earnest in the 1880s. Did indigenous/Arab African places import any industrial machines or tools like early prototypes of batteries or railways done under native/Arab governments?

by /u/Awesomeuser90 in /r/AskHistorians

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