The Expansion of Europe (Cultural/Intellectual)
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: "“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages.” 
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Invention of horse-seed drill
Invented by English innovator Jethro Tull, the seed drill sowed seeds into neat little rows which made for easier planting seasons.This enventually morphed into the invention of the horse-drawn hoe.
1800
Medical knowledge and smallpox
Although medical advancements in the early eighteenth century did not reduce the numbers of those who perished, the invention of the smallpox vaccine eventually reduced them.
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