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. Bibliography, Detailed Table of Contents, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Web Sites, Full-color photographs.
- ISBN10 1680482742
- ISBN13 9781680482744
- Publish Date 30 December 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rosen Education Service
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 112
- Language English