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Which agricultural changes contributed to the population growth of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries?
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- Three of these are medieval; one arrives from the Americas centuries later.
- The potato reaches Europe after 1492.
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- B. A heavy plough able to turn wet clay soils
- C. Three-field rotation, raising the cultivated share and adding a spring sowing
- D. The horse collar, allowing horses to be used for traction
Why
The three real changes compound: a plough that opens northern soils, a rotation that cuts fallow from a half to a third, and faster traction. None is individually dramatic and together they lift output enough to feed a population that roughly doubles, which is the precondition for towns of any size.
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