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ECON 3R03 Lecture Notes - Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit I, Ayyubid Dynasty

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Jack Leach

Course: ECON 3R03 - The History of Economic Growth
Section: CO1
Instructor: J. Leach
Date: 28-01-13
Farming Technology
You would expect the three-ﬁeld system to almost immediately replace the
two-ﬁeld system but alas it did not. This demonstrates that no one technology
is the killer technology, one technology alone can’t bring about sustained
economic growth, which technology you use depends on relative input scarcity.
The kind of innovations that occurred in the Industrial Revolution were
possible because of the relative factor prices.
The Rest of the World
Spain had characteristics very much like many Arab/Middle Eastern nations
including climate and culture. Islamic peoples had brought silkworms from
China to the Sierra Nevada mountains and for a while Spain was a major
world producer of silk.
Despite the constant battles between the Christians and the Muslims there
was a robust trade between the groups. The Islamics captured Chinese paper
makers and as a result paper making technology spread throughout the Islamic
The collapse of the caliphate ruling Spain allowed both the Christians and
the Berbers to attack Spain from North and South, respectively. By 1350 the
Christians managed to defeat the Arabs and the Berbers and control most
of Spain. It takes until 1492 for the Europeans to capture the last Islamic
foothold in Europe.
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