Carruca

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The Carruca was a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare which came into widespread use by the tenth century. It was used to turn over heavy soils to let them drain, and was thus an important technological advancement for the medieval agricultural economy. Due to its great weight, a team of oxen were required to pull it.

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