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Literacy - Know how to write Low - gifted if you knew how to write
books as luxury goods (why?) - They were made out of linen and many other things. It was also expensive back then - Scribe/Monk had to write it, long time
printing press - Able to get books on cheap paper - Faster production of words on paper - (Increased knowledge, discovery, and literacy (started in Korea)
School: Who could/couldn’t attend? - Only rich boys, sometimes girls. No poor people though - Mainly taught religion not actual things
How does this all compare to today? - Able to show how we progressed over time with writing, school, and how all of these things helped shape our education. It’s also interesting to see who was able to go to school back then. Scribes had to write books back then.
Agriculture - Farm - Barley and Wheat most important crops, first reliable source
Local - Everyone had to make their own things - or traded with someone close by - Large scale manufacturing was not available back then, people had to do things themselves, and it all came locally.
Artisan - Someone skilled at making things by hand, mostly focused on one thing
Bartering - Exchange goods/services for other goods/services - No money used
How does this all compare to today? - We grew so much from then, we barely have to do any of these things anymore because we have machinery. The economy was focused around your town, and not the whole world compared to today. There are More jobs than there were back then. But supply and demand is still relevant today.
