When did the European Reclamation Movement rise?

The European Reclamation Movement rose in the 300 years from the middle of 10 century to the middle of 13 century.

During the 300 years from the middle of 10 century to the middle of 13 century, all parts of western Europe have been continuously reclaiming wasteland, thus forming a large-scale and lasting reclamation movement. This reclamation movement can be roughly divided into two types. One is to reclaim uncultivated land in western Europe, such as forests, swamps and grasslands.

For the cultivation of introversion; The other is the export-oriented colonization of the surrounding areas of Western Europe, such as the immigration and reclamation of Slavic areas in Central Europe and the struggle for the development of Arab land in the Spanish Peninsula. This export-oriented colonization will often evolve into the external expansion of feudal forces in western Europe.

This movement also made the vast inland areas of western Europe become agricultural areas for the first time, laid the basic outline of agricultural economy in western Europe in later generations, greatly changed the geographical features of western Europe, and established an extensional growth model to expand cultivated land and promote food supply; The reclamation movement also promoted the continuous improvement of farming technology in western Europe to a certain extent; The large-scale reclamation movement promoted the all-round development of agriculture and provided a prerequisite for the progress of western European society.