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Vor 2 Tagen · 3rd century BC: Gimbal described by Philo of Byzantium; Late 3rd century BC: Dry dock under Ptolemy IV (221–205 BC) in Hellenistic Egypt; 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC: Blast furnace in Ancient China: The earliest discovered blast furnaces in China date to the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, although most sites are from the later Han ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Known in modern times as the Hittite Empire, it reached its height during the mid-14th century BC under Šuppiluliuma I, when it encompassed most of Anatolia and parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.
Vor einem Tag · The 14th century in England saw the Great Famine and the Black Death, catastrophic events that killed around half of England's population, throwing the economy into chaos, and undermining the old political
Vor 4 Tagen · After the population losses of the Black Death during the 14th century, much of Yorkshire’s cropland was converted to sheep pasture to produce what was then England’s most important export, wool. Kingston upon Hull flourished from this time as a wool port.
Vor 4 Tagen · In his narrative, only environmental crisis brings humans to their knees; the Crucible of Nature in the book’s subtitle is the 14th-century famine followed by plague that Aberth claims forged the modern human-nature relationship. Yet I remain unconvinced that the 14th-century events created the radical break Aberth believes in, at least not from the evidence he presents.
Vor 5 Tagen · Analysis centres on the period c. 1200–1350 given that there is little surviving evidence before the 13th century and that the mendicants dominate from the second half of the 14th century. The final two chapters in this section are case studies and focus on office-holding and leadership.
Vor einem Tag · Bolton’s work focuses upon money supply, showing how it developed from an initially static position to a fast spurt during the late 13th century, before the set-back of the mid and late 14th century (pp. 23–7).
