Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1014 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Collar, Carruca, Horseshoe, Three Fields, Mill
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The idea
The shoulder collar let horses pull without choking; the carruca, a heavy plow, turned deep northern soil; iron horseshoes and plowshares spread; three-field rotation from about one thousand grew wheat, then legumes, then fallow with grazing; mills ground a day's grain in half an hour.
In practice
Yields and nutrition rose together.
Where people slip
The lord's mill was resented and used.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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