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What is the autocatalytic process?
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If other inventions were not there, then some inventions would never have happened?
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What did the Gutenberg Printing Press need? (autocatalytic)
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-durable paper
-moveable type -solid metal -ink, scripts |
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What is significant about the Gutenberg Printing Press?
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--> allowed Bible to be printed
--> catalyzed printing process |
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Where did metal fabrication occur?
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Fertile Crescent
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When did the Bronze Age occur?
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2000 BC
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Iron Age - when?
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1000 BC
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What did metal fabrication need?
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soft metal ore + furnace
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Why did sedentary societies emerge?
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Hunter-gatherers can't have too much stuff (ex. pottery... can't bring that on hunt)
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What did the Europeans use for bronze?
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lances, shields, ships, wagons, tools
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What did the artisan class do?
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Make the bronze
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Why did the Iron Age emerge?
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bronze = too soft
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Why did iron need?
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stronger furnace, stronger mold, iron ore
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How long did the Iron Age last?
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till Industrial Revolution (1700s)
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Germs, Irons, and Guns
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Diamond doesn't elaborate on steel; mostly iron instead.
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What is the env. significance of the autocatalytic process / metal?
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Allowed civilizations to advance, have better weaponry; catalyze other inventions.
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