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Old 06-26-2006, 07:46 AM
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Re: Greatest Civilization(s)

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Originally Posted by Langolier
The middle ages, while being dark, gave us water wheels and I think even windmills (but I'm not positive about that).
Water wheels were first used in China, IIRC, although they may have been independently developed in Europe, considering how remote and isolated China was for most of it's history.
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