Message from @DanConway
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It was horse drawn you nob
When was the fall of the Roman empire
mid 500s
It was not until the 900s that the Horse collar, horse shoe and plow were found
before that it was done by oxen
Sorry technicality they were oxen drawn but same bloody concept
No it is not
Horses could pull as much weight
but at twice the speed
But oxen didnt need the harnes
Harnes?
Harness
ahhhh
What up homies
it was a slower method
and it allowed the farmer more time
With the preference for oxen as engine of ploughing there was no real need to construct a harness system which would allow the horse to pull a plough. The major problem with using either the dorsal yoke or the neck yoke to harness an equid to a plough is really the point of attachment. In wagons and carts the point of attachment was reasonably far off the ground, whereas for ploughs it is almost at ground level.
Also romans had horse drawn carts they already had a form of harness
Not for PLOWING
we are talking about the Farming techniques that exploded in innovation after the Roman empire fell
Damn that's some trivia level stuff.
And how more food was produced in that timeframe after
Well, we *were* talking about the origins of the Enlightenment
So more time means more time for thinking I'm guessing is the idea.
>When a grey is better than a green
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Speaking of which.... Why are you still green?
But still the dark ages are marked with an over european cold spell. https://www.atmos.washington.edu/2001Q2/211/groupE/andy.html
Racism
Thats why
wut mate
Also this isnt <#372513679964635138> convo
Racism is why i am green. Yall racist against gobbo slayers
Survive -> More time -> Enlightenment -> Advances in politics
You are feeding a false enlightenment Era narrative that attempted to tear down everything that came before it. If you look at the inventions during the "Darks Ages" alone you can see that this narrative is a lie.
The CANNON Mother fucker
The stirrup imported from China in the sixth or seventh century and improved in the eighth by the Franks, and the saddle, whose design met significant improvements in the West. Both advances made the Western heavy cavalry an almost invincible weapon