What new technologies and extensions of settlement came about with the Islamic Empire?
What will be an ideal response?
A. New technologies in the Islamic Empire
1. technology further increased productivity
2. crops required watering during summer
a. stimulating irrigation by underground tunnels and wells
3. fertilizer increased yields
B. Extension of settlement in the Islamic Empire
1. technologies such as irrigation allowed adoption for agriculture of more previously marginal land
2. forest clearance was practiced more widely and intensively than before
3. fertile land left uncultivated seems to have been rare in the Muslim world
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