Steam engines allowed advancements in transportation and trade by powering locomotives and steamships that carried goods and people.
Steam engines were powerful and reliable. Therefore, they helped Britain expand its economy and engage in long-distance movement of people and products.
When people industrialized items for war it made militarism stronger. Militarism is good for INDUSTRIALISTS who manufacture weapons.
Geologic processes that shape the Earth are cyclical. Geologic processes are only similar in if they occur in the same area.
