Author(s): Emily Sebastian
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Rosen Education Service
Language: English
Date Published: 2016-01-15
Dimensions: 168 x 234 x 10mm
Publication City/Country: United States
Edition: Large type / large print edition
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While the medieval period is often written off as a backward and benighted era, it was, in fact, marked by advances in wind and water power, agriculture, navigation, timekeeping, and military technology. The invention of the printing press near the end of the Middle Ages ushered in the early modern period. The achievements of this era—in particular the fabrication of scientific instruments, the development of commerce, rising urbanization, and the invention of the steam engine—laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution. Readers will be engrossed by this information-packed title and come away with a real understanding of how technology develops over time, building, by fits and spurts, on the technology already in use.