Quiz: What Do You Know About Medieval Inventions?
Quiz: What Do You Know About Medieval Inventions?
This Middle Ages showed more mechanical innovation than you might think.
Wedged between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, many people discount the Middle Ages. Yet this 1,000-year interregnum gave birth to many of today’s freedoms and cultural institutions—and to inventions that shaped our world. How much do you know about them?
This Middle Ages showed more mechanical innovation than you might think.
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