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    10 MEDIEVAL INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

    Sep 10, 2020 5 minutes
    Written by Jonathan Gordon

    The history of invention is a challenging field, not least because it’s a topic that knows no borders or strict time frames. Innovation and inspiration are boundless through human history, which makes it rather daunting. This might give some explanation as to why our main focus of attention when it comes to great inventions tends to lean towards the Renaissance or Industrial Revolution, but the medieval era was not short of groundbreaking ideas. As we’ll explore here, important scientific leaps and popular new products were invented in this era, some of which remain important to this day.

    THE PRINTING PRESS

    Mastered in Korea, excelling in Europe

    At least 200 years before Johannes Gutenberg brought the idea of mass production of printed text to Europe with his Gutenberg Bible, the moveable type printing press was already in use in Korea. However, this doesn’t necessarily

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