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Early settlers only used iron plows because it was the only resource available at the time.
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∙ 10y agoiron was the only substance available
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The Settlers rise of an empire get soldiers?
You can get soldiers and archers. Soldiers need a sword smith. The sword smith needs iron to make the swords so make sure that you have an iron mine nearby. After placing the sword smiths, then place the soldiers barracks. after a while you will be able to recruit your first battalion of six soldiers. It is the same for Archers, only you have to place the Bow maker and the Bowman Barracks.
What is the nickname of the transcontinental railroad?
Iron horses is what they called the trains that traveled the railroad.
Can you iron the American flag?
No you may not iron the American flag.
What do you call a ship that has been reinforced with iron plating?
Iron clads.
Why was she nicknamed Old Ironsides?
The ship USS Constitution got the nickname Old Ironsides because the ship had iron plating in the hull. The ship was used during the Civil War.
Early settlers used only iron blows because?
iron was the only substance available
What are the inventions of early china-?
Some inventions of early China were the compass, row planting, the seed drill, and iron plows.
What dynasty invented iron plows?
The Zhou Dynasty
What helped farmers increase food production?
Farmers began using iron plows instead of wooden plows.
Why was the iron plow invented?
THE iron plow was invented to help the cotton production increase. That's baloney. Iron plows helped produce more food. The Cotton Gin helped the cotton production increase. Think about it. Cotton doesn't need digging into the soil. Potatoes do. I'm pretty sure the reason the Iron Plow was invented was because in 1797 Charles Newbold realized that wooden plows are stupid and that iron would be a much smarter alternative.Yes I realize that Jethro Wood made the first cast-iron plow with replaceable parts, but Newbold thought of the iron plow first. -------------------------- Used to make long straight rows for rice and soybeans, the iron plow was found in the northern part of Central China and dates around 475-220 BC. Early plows were small and handheld. Animal drawn plows appeared around the 1st century BC. Europe had iron plows around 1000 A.D. In the 1600's, improved iron plows were brought to Holland from China and might be credited for the beginning of the Agricultural Revolution. the first completely iron plow was developed sometime in the 1700s, but farmers were worried about iron poisoning the soil. In 1837, John Deere made it out of steel
What tools did they use in China for farming?
They used iron plows
What does iron plows do?
breaks up the hard, dried clay topsoil in preparation for planting
Why was an iron plow better than a wooden plow?
Iron plows didn't break as easily, plus they lasted a lot longer.
What was 3 of technology that help the pioneers on the great plains?
Babre wire repperse and iron plows
How did ancient china get food?
In order to keep up their crops, the ancient Chinese used wood and stone tools. In the fifth century BC, iron plows were developed. On the Northern grasslands, oxen pulled plows. But in the marshy South, water bison pulled the plows.
Of the 5 metals known to early peoples iron was the rarest why?
No, because it is common.
In which colonies did settlers mine iron ore?
Virginias
