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Is technology dependent on science? |
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Technology in the East and West |
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What ‘caused’ the technological developments of
the Western Middle Ages? |
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tribal centers |
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chaotic developments in Western Europe |
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Western monastic culture |
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voluntarist theology in the West |
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Military technologies |
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stirrup |
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high-backed saddle |
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heavy armor |
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cross-bow |
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military architecture |
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how did this fit the culture of the early middle
ages? |
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Three-field system of rotation |
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Transportation technology: |
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horseshoe |
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whippletree |
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canals |
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rudders |
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magnetic compass |
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Power technology: |
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watermills |
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windmills |
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Power technology: perpetual motion machines |
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The social effect of technology |
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surplus agricultural production |
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increased security |
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increased wealth |
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the formation of urban centers |
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