Venice Arsenal Rank Ladder: From Tar Pitchers to Master Shipwrights
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Discover the medieval world's first true assembly line inside Venice's Arsenal, where a galley could be built in a single day. This video climbs the rank ladder from the lowest timber-haulers and tar-pitchers to the master shipwrights who answered only to the Doge. Learn how the plague wiped out the elite first and why the anonymous laborers held the real power.
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