The gunpowder revolution required a supporting economy: sulfur, saltpeter farming, chemical refinement, transport and storage systems, ironworks, and foundries.
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"...is made using three different resources, okay? They are salt, pepper, sulfur, and charcoal. Charcoal is pretty easy to get, okay? Sulfur you get..."
"...were actually fought over the Italian peninsula. One, because you need sulfur for gunpowder, but also because the Italian peninsula could control trade with..."
"And the Europeans had to figure out ways to mass produce salt, pepper. And that's why they came up with these nitrate, okay, or..."
"...it's already having a tremendous impact on the world's economy so sulfur um has risen in price by 57 sulfur is important for the..."
"...actually the problem is much worse because look at phosphate, ammonium, sulfur, urea. This is food production. Okay. Primarily used for fertilizers. In other..."
"...high quantities, 17 % of the world's oil reserves, albeit high sulfur content, that this will be done in petrochemicals, in petro -yuan rather..."
"...First of all, you need material. The two main materials are sulfur and salt pepper. And therefore, you needed to do trade, and production,..."
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