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  1. Oct 2024
    1. Over the next 19 years, the Muslims conquered most of Spain and were threatening to conquer France until stopped by Charles Martel

      why did charles martel stoped the muslims from conquering france?

    1. The accompanying argument in that all scientific contributions from non-European civilizations were technology-based, not science-based

      wonder why they think its non science based?

    1. The working day of a farmer was still very difficult, even with the technological improvements of the Medieval Age.

      I think the difficuility that they had were the seasons changing, the weather, or some of the work had to be done physically.

    2. This section focuses on technologies that appear to be natively "European." Other technologies (such as paper, gunpowder, the compass, stirrups, among others) were based on older developments in other regions, particularly China.

      intersting to show how other technologies are based from older developments from other regions.