The stirrup, which gives greater stability to a rider, has been described as one of the most significant inventions in the history of warfare, prior to gunpowder.
The stirrup, which gives greater stability to a rider, has been described as one of the most significant inventions in the history of warfare, prior to gunpowder.
True. But one and done, in its way. People adapted. There was no flood of innovation consequent to it, other than in some military tech and tactics.
Is liesure the mother of invention? Or war? Or neither?