Technological innovation
What Technological innovation means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Advanced maritime technology, including longships with a shallow draft and clinker-built hull, powered by both sails and oars, facilitated Viking expansion.
Viking warships, or longships, were clinker-built with a shallow draft, allowing them to cross open oceans and navigate shallow rivers for surprise attacks.
The invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793 revolutionised the industry by making it highly profitable to process short-staple cotton.
New technology such as wind pumps to access deep underground water and barbed wire, invented in 1874, to fence off crops from roaming cattle.
Topics that use Technological innovation
- Period Study: The Making of America, 1789–1900 (OCR GCSE)
- Period Study: Viking Expansion, c.750–c.1050 (OCR GCSE)
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