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Revision as of 23:08, 16 May 2006
Events
- Sometime this century, Beowulf is probably written down.
Significant persons
- Charles Martel
- The Venerable Bede, English scholar
- Pepin the short
Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- heavy plow in use in the Rhine valley
- horsecollar in use in Northern Europe - perhaps introduced from Asia
- papermaking introduced from China to Arabs
- ca. 770: iron horseshoes come into common use
See also:
