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Sternpost rudder and hull: the whole path

  1. 1
    Tools & MakingI

    Stone Tools

    The first cutting edge

    3.3 Mya

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Fire & ShelterI

    Rope & Cordage

    Twisted fibres that hold the world

    46,000 years ago

  4. 4
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    20,000 years ago

    needs 2

  5. 5
    Textiles & Everyday LifeII

    Weaving

    Threads crossed into cloth

    c. 6,700 BCE

    needs 3

  6. 6
  7. 7
    Ships & NavigationII

    Sail

    Catching the wind to move a boat

    c. 5,000 BCE

    needs 3, 5

  8. 8
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Charcoal

    Wood cooked slowly under earth

    c. 4,500 BCE

    needs 1, 2

  9. 9
    Materials & ChemistryIII

    Bronze

    Copper and tin, harder together

    c. 3,300 BCE

    needs 2, 4, 8

  10. 10
    Materials & ChemistryIII

    Iron Smelting

    Wider adoption around 1200 BCE; ore, charcoal and a bloomery

    c. 1,200 BCE

    needs 8, 9

  11. 11

Type a name, a date, a material, a domain…