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The Medieval Technology Timeline > 
From plow to population - The heavy plow was known in antiquity. Pliny described a heavy wheeled plow as having been in use in Asia Minor. This plow was not in use in the west, Roman agricultural required a light plow. By the 5th century the heavy plow was in use in the Slavic lands. It was then introduced into Northern Italy (the Po valley) and by the 8th century it was used in the Rhineland.
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