Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel
Today's conceptions of the dark ages are that of a backwards society; stagnant and inhibited technologically. According to Gies, medieval Eurasia has shown more progression socially, theologically and technologically during its time than any previous era.
Modern technology has always been a product of fore knowledge, experimentation and sometimes by accident. The civilizations in the dark ages had several huge advancements in technology. Some of Eurasia's most important inventions; the waterwheel, lateen sails, gunpowder, the horse harness, stirrups, textiles, papermaking, iron making and the magnetic compass had a profound impact on European civilizations of the dark ages and have had lasting influences that have paved the way to the renaissance. New ideas of governing society and commercialism also came about. Feudalism became popular in Europe and many trade routes were established on land and on sea. As silk, gunpowder and other......
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