Part 2 The Hall of Medieval Makers
The pace of invention during the Middle Ages is often considered to have been pretty sluggish. But that doesn’t mean that the inventions that were conceived were not important.
In fact, lots of valuable things were invented, or at least improved upon, and some of those things are still around today.
For example, the medieval period was the golden age of castle building. Some of the medieval architects were incredibly talented, and the builders of that time really knew their way around Heron’s gin pole crane!
Another important advance by medieval makers was the heavy steel plow. Early plows, like those ...
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