Slightly annoyed that there don't seem to be windmill and water-mill emojis
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Water-mills, windmills, and 
building cranes:
--increasingly used in western Europe 800-1600;
--in the Middle East cranes cranes not generally used, vertical windmills not used, cheaper horizontal windmills were used, water-mills decreased in number.
(The early divergence)pic.twitter.com/TjSWHprxl4
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In Java 1600-1800: --indigenous Javanese had hand-mills --Chinese settlers introduced animal-powered mills and controlled the milling of sugar, peanuts, and rice --Dutch introduced water- and windmills mainly to saw timber and grind gunpowder for the Dutch E Indies Companypic.twitter.com/RprT42JMDq
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Marx knew mills were among the most important capital goodspic.twitter.com/mPb0B5HkaZ
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If you know of a comparison with Northeast Asia please post
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I don't
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It helps to have lumber.
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They had lumber to build simple animal powered mills.
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My economic journey into the economic history of medieval Europe started with this book, heh:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33057.Cathedral_Forge_and_Waterwheel …
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Cathedrals are cranes for the matter of this discussion, heh. Treadwheel crane from Bruegel's Tower of Babel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadwheel_crane …pic.twitter.com/mpLDxUguvi
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Bas van Bavel!
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