How did the agricultural revolution of the Middle Ages change medieval Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Labor-saving technological innovations increased agricultural productivity.
b. Higher and better quality agricultural yields contributed to population growth.
c. The population boom placed pressure on existing land resources. People moved to the cities in search of job opportunities or migrated in search of new land to farm.
d. As more people moved to the cities, medieval society became more urban. Cities became more autonomous.
e. As people migrated, new lands in the east, far north, and the Iberian peninsula came under cultivation.
f. The surplus created by the agricultural revolution contributed to an economic boom in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
g. Inventions such as the heavy plow and the three-field crop rotation system encouraged farmers to work together. Village councils were established to facilitate collective decision making.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).