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Arquebus

Early gunpowder was not immediately revolutionary because it was unstable, hard to store, hard to make, and paired with heavy, inaccurate, slow guns.

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Turn Society Into The Cannon

2025-04-10, day precision · Civilization #45: The Gunpowder Revolution

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"The concept we use for this in our class is open cooperative competition. This is the main driver of innovation in the world. When..."

Turn Society Into The Cannon

2025-04-10, day precision · Civilization #45: The Gunpowder Revolution

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"...villages. The thing, to remember about the early guns called the arquebus, is that they're very heavy. Now, these are metal, okay? So the..."

Turn Society Into The Cannon

2025-04-10, day precision · Civilization #45: The Gunpowder Revolution

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"So you have two issues with the guns, the musket, the arquebus. One is that it's not very accurate, and second of all, it's..."

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