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The ancient Greeks did not have access to sugarcane. The Hymettus region of Attica was known for the quality of honey produced there. [5] Wax was also produced, used in the lost wax process to produce bronze statues as well as in medicines. Bronze was used for farm tools and weaponry.
Harpe, a Greek or Roman long sickle or scythe which doubled as a weapon; Kama (tool), a Japanese hand scythe used in farming, and martial arts; Khopesh, an Egyptian long sickle or scythe as a weapon; Scythe sword, scythe blade converted to use as a weapon; Sickle, the archetypal forerunner of the scythe
The Hierapolis sawmill was a water-powered stone sawmill in the Ancient Greek city of Hierapolis in Roman Asia (modern-day Turkey). Dating to the second half of the 3rd century AD, [2] the sawmill is considered the earliest known machine to combine a crank with a connecting rod to form a crank-slider mechanism. [1]
Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited to the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental machines and ...
Their use in Ancient Greek agriculture was described by Hesiod. [6] In northern Europe the single-handled crook ard was favored, consisting of a stilt inserted into a pole with a crook-shaft, i.e., the pole had a curved shape and had a natural crook tip that served as a share. [7] Quadrangular ard
The Pre-Ceramic period of Neolithic Greece was succeeded by the Early Neolithic period (or EN) where the economy was still based on farming and stock-rearing and settlements still consisted of independent one-room huts with each community inhabited by 50 to 100 people (the basic social unit was the clan or extended family). [3]
The economy of ancient Greece was defined largely by the region's dependence on imported goods. As a result of the poor quality of Greece 's soil , agricultural trade was of particular importance. The impact of limited crop production was somewhat offset by Greece's paramount location, as its position in the Mediterranean gave its provinces ...
Like other farming tools, the sickle can be used as an improvised bladed weapon. Examples include the Japanese kusarigama and kama, the Chinese chicken sickles, and the makraka of the Zande people of north central Africa. Paulus Hector Mair, the author of a German Renaissance combat manual also has a chapter about fighting with sickles. It is ...