When the same is asked of the Romans a common reply is that they had a mass of slave labour and that removes some of the incentives for automation. But the Egyptians didn't even have much knowledge of making iron until very late - contemporary with ancient Greece or Rome.

This is a question I find fascinating too.

Why native americans didnt invade Europe ?

These questions are complex to answer and the answer isn't really one: how many things didnt we do in Europe we could have done if this or that guy had not died or whatever.

But, usually Europe's industrial revolution is explained by mathematical maturity, political reforms towards individualism, large cross pollination between countries, tolerance of atheism, absence of abudant resources pushing towards mecanisation, outside enemies disappearing, older generation dead or tamed by previous wars liberating the youth,the slow penetration of reading skills in the entire population thanks to the printing press, the liberation of working capital thanks to the transition to paper money, the enforcement of mandatory schooling for more and more children: it's a miraculous convergence of factors, that allowed us to wait for thousands of years before we were ready to seize the opportunity finally to try stuff fearlessly without oppressing traditions to respect.

It's like today why the Netherland can innovate in electro lithography almost without caring while China can send billions to loyal political executives and only produce death sentences for corruption after a few years of investment: there needs to be a fertile ground to produce an innovative jump that seems to revolve around letting people experiment without too much red tape and frivolous politico religious constraints. It doesnt require capital as much as it requires relinquishing ownership and credit for invention back to the populace so they sort their stuff themselves.

This depends on what we define by industrial revolution.

Building the pyramids must involve a lot of advanced techniques in a cooperative effort involving a lot of specialists. They didn't have gas or petrol but managed to develop an advanced technology on glass, quarrying, agriculture and bureaucracy. They had literature, and this is an huge step. Any advance towards making machines or doing science would be diverted towards supporting war and religion and kept secret probably

A very interesting concept tangential to this question is the idea of "The Great Divergence".

"The Great Divergence or European miracle is the socioeconomic shift in which the Western world (i.e. Western Europe and the parts of the New World where its people became the dominant populations) overcame pre-modern growth constraints and emerged during the 19th century as the most powerful and wealthy world civilization, eclipsing the Ottoman Empire, Mughal India, Qing China, Tokugawa Japan, and Joseon Korea. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence

Are there coal deposits there? And some kind of use for the energy?