INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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Question
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People who lived in towns could start to raise their own food.
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Towns became less crowded as families moved to the country.
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A surplus of crops were grown to sell to people who lived in towns.
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Factories were set up in towns to make agricultural equipment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did new farming methods contribute to the growth of medieval European towns? People who lived in towns could start to raise their own food. Towns became less crowded as families moved to the country. Enough crops were grown to sell to people who lived in towns.
Detailed explanation-2: -(ii) Expansion in agriculture provided better food to people. The meaning of better food for people was a longer life span. By the thirteenth century, the average age of an average European increased upto 10 years as compared to 8th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -Intensive ploughing was done with Plough. Hoe and Kudal (spade) which is used even now was also used in those days for cultivation. The fields were manured with animal dung. A better agricultural practice, known as dibbling was introduced; this was dropping of seeds into holes driven into grounds by sticks.