The Middle Ages Warm Period -- New Agricultural Technologies

What happened during the warm period?

earths temperature increased 1 degree centigrade

What were the results of the agricultural revolution?

food surpluses

What shift in political climate happened during this time that made people safer?

he Vikings were finally able to produce their own agricultural surpluses, and no longer felt the need to raid their neighbors in the south so often.

What three factors brought about Europe's medieval agricultural revolution?

A shift in climate made Northern Europe much warmer than it had been before. A shift in political climate and the end of Viking raids brought stability to Northern Europe. A host of new agricultural technologies and techniques spread across Europe.

What were horses used for in this agricultural revolution that they had not previously been used for?

Collars and harnesses allowed horses to pull heavy plows

What was the result of warming temperatures for agricultural in northern Europe?

The Medieval Warm Period allowed the farms of Northern Europe to out produce their Mediterranean counterparts. This, in turn, resulted in a shift of power and importance away from the Mediterranean basin, which no longer enjoyed its old surpluses, and to the untapped fertile lands of Northern Europe.

What were the agricultural techniques and technological advances of the time?

The heavy plow, the harrow and the hoe The horse collar, the tandem harness and horse shoes, and The three-field crop rotation system

What was the three-field system? What did this result in for people?

try to grow anything on the land, but instead, let it recover naturally.The three-field crop rotation led to a major population increase