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Product Identifiers

PublisherCrabtree Publishing Company

ISBN-100778713865

ISBN-139780778713869

eBay Product ID (ePID)30755633

Product Key Features

Book TitleScience and Technology in the Middle Ages

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicScience & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), History / Medieval, Technology / General, Technology / Inventions

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorMarcia Groves, Joanne Findon, Joanna Findon

Book SeriesMedieval World Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight2.3 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2004-013062

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal509.4/09/02

SynopsisLong referred to as the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages was actually a period of great scientific and technological advancement. In agriculture, the inventions of the heavy plow, horseshoes, and harnesses made farming easier. Children will enjoy following the advancements in medicine, military weapons, astronomy, and astrology up until 1500., The Middle Ages was a period of great scientific and technological advancement. Trade increased as towns began to grow, and medieval people found more efficient ways of doing work by inventing new machines. The inventions of the heavy plow, horseshoes, and harnesses resulted in more food to eat, and more crops for trading. Easy-to-understand text and brilliant full-color illustrations will help children follow the advancements in medicine, military weapons, and astrology up until 1500. Topics include: - The power provided by watermills and windmills for laundering clothes, casting iron, and pressing olive oil - How the development of textiles such as silks, wool, and leather affected trade with China and the Middle East in the 1200s - How African craftworkers worked with metal, and the bronze and gold sculptures and jewelry that they made - Medieval peoples' belief in the four humors, and the surgical procedures and herbal remedies used - Astrological inventions such as China's water clock Teacher's guide available.

LC Classification NumberQ124.97.G76 2005