MEDEVIAL PERIOD

Mae Alejaga & Charizze Balboa

HEAVY PLOUGH
(5th CENTURY)
 Heavy Plough
s c i e n c e

• Iron was put to use in

invented new plough.

• Invention of the heavy

plough made it possible to
harness areas with clay soi
 Heavy Plough
t e c h n o l o g y

• Heavy plough were

fairly fragile

• The runner was

replaced by a wheel
PAPER
MONEY(7TH
CENTURY)
Paper Money
• The first known version
of paper money dates
back to 7th century
China.
• Trading was prominent
that cause shortage in
metal coins.
• This lead to new
invention
 Paper Money
s c i e n c e

• made from the sapwood

of the mulberry tree,
whose leaves feed the
silk worm.
 HOURGLASS
(11TH CENTURY)
 Hourglass
s c i e n c e

• a symbol of medieval
technology
• one of our first attempts
to quantify and measure
time
• have a history in the
mariner society; they
were used in order to
measure the speed their
boat was traveling. 
 Hourglass
• Provide a greater
understanding on the force
of gravity
• Gravity was not
“officially” discovered
until hundreds of years
after the hourglass used
• Potentially been the
breaking point for the
discovery of gravity.
 GUN POWDER
(11th Century)
 Song Dynasty
h i g h l i g h t

Period of technological
advances and prosperity
 Song Dynasty
d i s c o v e r y

Gunpowder
• Chinese Alchemist
originally wanted to find
a potion for immortality
but wound up creating
explosion.
• This powder was consisted
of potassium nitrate,
common charcoal and
sulfur.
 Song Dynasty
t e c h n o l o g y

Fireworks
• Primary material of
fireworks.

• This was invented to

frighten and ward of
evil spirits
WINDMILLS
(1095)
Crusade Wars in Middle East (1095)
h i g h l i g h t

• Crusades were series

of Church-sponsored
war

• The clash between

Christianity and
Islam
Crusade Wars in Middle East (1095)
h i g h l i g h t

• Windmill would come

into existence by
returning Christian
crusaders
participating in the
Crusade Wars in the
Middle East.
Crusade Wars in Middle East (1095)
t e c h n o l g y

Windmill
• harness energy from the
wind for it to operate
and be functional

• created to replace
animal power in
grinding grain
 BLAST FURNACE
(MEDEVIAL IRON
TECHNOLOGY,
1100)
Medieval Iron Technology
t e c h n o l g y

Blast Furnace
• Used to produce iron and
other metal • ore and limestone are
supplied from top and
air is blown to the
lower section
• molten iron is the final
product
Medieval Iron Technology
h i g h l i g h t

Cistercian
• known to have been
skilled
metallurgists
• became the leading
iron producers in
Champagne, France
 THE SILK
REVOLUTION OF
THE MIDDLE AGES
THE SILK REVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE
AGES h i g h l i g h t

• Second Crusade (1147)

• Silk became popular
during 12th century
• Byzantines were the
first to establish a
silk production
industry in the
medieval west
THE SILK REVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE
AGES s c i e n c e

• The process of silk

production is
sericulture

• Silkworms spew out

thread from tiny
holes in their jaws
THE SILK REVOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE
AGES t e c h n o l o g y

Skilled
artisans
of the
Middle
Ages used
silk
primarily
to make
vestments.
Hundred
Years War(1337)
 Hundred Years War
h i g h l i g h t

Long conflict
between France
& England
Hundred Years War
t e c h n o l o g y

Longbows
An important war technology
used by English.

Plate Armor
A protection from slashes and
stabs from swords.
BLACK DEATH
(1348-1350)
 Black Death
h i g h l i g h t

• It caused the death

of 60% of the
population of Europe

• Transmission occurs
via flea and wild
rodents
 Black Death
s c i e n c e

Quarantine

• ships were to be
isolated for a
limited period to
dissipate the
infection brought by
persons and goods
THE PRINTING
PRESS 15TH
CENTURY
 The Printing Press
h i g h l i g h t

• Invented by Johannes
Gutenberg of Germany

• Started a new era of

the mass production
of books.

• One of the major

events that made
Renaissance possible