#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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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.
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. :-)
