WRONG

wow, I didn't realize how much Pinker is a lying sack of shit

Key word here is HORSE drawn

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

http://www.humanist.de/rome/rts/agriculture.html

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

And the horse was an improvement

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

https://populscience.blogspot.com/2016/09/myth-dark-ages.html

Survive -> More time -> Enlightenment -> Advances in politics