Industrial & Commercial Fast Facts, Last Updated:09/05/2010 The beginnings of wars offer a convenient milestone, since theyhave an effect on the capital needed to finance the usefulapplication of new inventions. One might see the immediatebeginnings of this period in the German annexation of Lorraine (an industrial area) following the Franco-Prussian War. In any case, Germanycame to replace Britainas the world's primary industrial nation. This occurred as a result of threefactors: |