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For question about societies that have not yet reached the industrial revolution. It covers a large period of time.

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Reactions to a Young Time Traveller

Bad Things The English spoken in Britain today is not the English spoken in Britain 300 years ago. You need only look at the newspapers of the time to see how people educated at that time speak in …
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I cast spark! Or, Design of preindustrial firearms when people can cast spark

I don't believe anything would be different in terms of advancement It might be uber cool to cast Spark! to ignite your firearm, but it has several limitations — and one is, IMO, a doozy. First, the …
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How can my fictional race of humans extend the area of their world they can explore?

They walk... there's no difference here between divers in Earth's ocean and your people other than your people can breathe Assumption: Your "humans" evolved on your planet. You don't say that they col …
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Could plastic have been made in the medieval period?

What's "plastic?" Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” It only recently became a name for a category of materials called polymers. The word polymer means “of many part …
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Area denial organism for pre-industrial human beings on Earth

This is a Frame Challenge From the moment the invaders arrived, breathed our air, ate and drank, they were doomed. They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by t …
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