technological innovations

[Stephen Pursley]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Siobhan declared:
> 
> Concerning A World Lit Only By Fire:
> 
> I think that my eyes started rolling somewhere about the point when
> Manchester made the comment that there were no significant technological
> innovations of note between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance.
>  Admittedly, you could dance around all day trying to define "significant" or
> "technological," but please!  
> 
> By 700, water wheels for mill drive are in use all over Europe; in 750, hops
> as beer wort used for the first time in Bavaria (just for you, Barat)

Barat like beer.  Beer good.  Mmmmh, beeeer.

    Barat (or Bawat after a few beers)