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How Potatoes and Fences Fed an Empire: Europe's 1700s Revolu...
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How Potatoes and Fences Fed an Empire: Europe's 1700s Revolu...
James · 5 min · English · Dec 11, 2025
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Join Alex and James as they uncover how 18th-century farming innovations exploded Europe's population, shattered old communal systems, and paved the way for the Industrial Revolution. From inefficient open fields to clever crop rotations and controversial enclosures, discover the agrarian roots of modern prosperity. This episode reveals why a humble turnip changed history forever.
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6
1
The Spark of Europe's Boom
0:00
2
Trapped in Open Fields
1:16
3
Crop Rotation: The Turnip Trick
2:27
4
Enclosures: Fences of Progress?
3:18
5
From Fields to Factories
4:06
6
Lessons from the Dirt
4:49
