Hey, this is interesting, but unclear about connections and conclusions. Is this from a book or something you could share the source? Sounds like Guns, Germs, and Steel but Cannons, Wineglasses and Teacups.
#BigHistoryInATweet Chinese invented compass & cannon, drank tea in porcelain, but Italians drank wine from glass, giving hourglass, barometer, science. Europeans used hourglass + compass + cannon to sail world, knocked off porcelain. Science + cheap knockoffs = modern industry.
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Sources: _Glass: A World History_, by McFarlane & Martin Dead reckoning & the exploration explosion: https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/10/dead-reckoning-and-exploration-explosion.html … English potteries & the industrial revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries … Missing a ton of course but it is one tweet. :-)
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Is this tweet advocating Bitcoin Cash?
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But Chinese Explorer Zheng He compared to Christopher Columbus ship..https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/5fizxx/chinese_explorer_zheng_hes_colossal_ship_compared/ …
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And so what crypto do you recommend for 2018??
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The one that is most like Gold.
#Monero as it is fungible.
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Yes, but not just glass - it was being able to make clear glass that pushed innovation forward.
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I remember seeing this on QI, strange quirk of historyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0OhXxx7cQg …
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lol I love the way you put it! Hilarious
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There's a theory that coffee was what sparked great scientific advancement... Or at least the many revolutions and deposing of royalty.
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Have you ever read about Haijin? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haijin If not because of it, USA could have been easily Chinese. In the age Age of the Discovery they had better and bigger ships, with stern mounted rudder, multiple masts, water-tight hull sections and magnetic compass.pic.twitter.com/uMUm88Y9CI
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Bigger doesn't equal better. If anything, it's cumbersome for actual pioneering.
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They were better equipped for long travels and were technologically morw advanced. And remember you can have a fleet composed of various ship types and sizes. Their main problem was the Haijin policy and because of it they never reached their potential
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Some historians believe they had a level that was only achieved in Europe more than one century later
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