Timeline for Which minerals are needed to make a sustainable medieval country?
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| Jun 22, 2017 at 21:52 | vote | accept | Ender Look | ||
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:43 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | @AlexP If we stay in the "west" that is of course. I forgot about your "William the Conqueror" theme. | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:34 | comment | added | AlexP | @Raditz_35: Medieval lamps burned vegetable oil or animal fat. Petroleum-based lamp oil came much later. (Because it needs the technology to refine petroleum.) | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:27 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | @AlexP Lamp oil made from petroleum was essential to some people. Greek fire for example was probably made with the help of some sulfur. While I agree that it is not "needed", as I stated - the problem with words such as "complete" is that they could mean complete. Btw, flint. I will stop now | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:19 | comment | added | AlexP | @Raditz_35: The question says "no gunpowder", which makes sulphur non-essential. Mercury is of course nice to have, for example for mining gold... Petroleum was not used unless it happened to be readily available (and in that case it was used to grease axles or other such uses, not as fuel). | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:12 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | This could go on and on because of "completely support". People liked to poison themselves with mercury, furthermore sulfur and even phosphorus minerals could be included. Petroleum was also pretty common, I wouldn't call it a mineral though, but it might fit your approach | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:12 | comment | added | Ender Look |
Interesting, great. (You have already my upvote). I don't give you the accept yet because accept should be used after 24 - 48 hs.
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| Jun 21, 2017 at 22:02 | comment | added | AlexP | @EnderLook: Pewter. Quite popular. It is in the "nice to have" list. | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 21:56 | comment | added | Ender Look | Antimony? What you can made with that in medieval age? | |
| Jun 21, 2017 at 21:50 | history | edited | AlexP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2017 at 21:44 | history | answered | AlexP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |