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The gunpowder revolution required a supporting economy: sulfur, saltpeter farming, chemical refinement, transport and storage systems, ironworks, and foundries.
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Sulfur
The ceasefire is surface noise.
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The ceasefire is surface noise.
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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..."
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"...were actually fought over the Italian peninsula. One, because you need sulfur for gunpowder, but also because the Italian peninsula could control trade with..."
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"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..."
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"...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..."
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"...actually the problem is much worse because look at phosphate, ammonium, sulfur, urea. This is food production. Okay. Primarily used for fertilizers. In other..."
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"...high quantities, 17 % of the world's oil reserves, albeit high sulfur content, that this will be done in petrochemicals, in petro -yuan rather..."
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"...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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