Mostly, to grind corn. In the Netherlands they were even then already used for water management and for turning swamp land into dry land.
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The period of time from 500 AD to 1500 AD is called the Middle Ages.
mediaval time or middle ages
wars had the most influence during the Middle Ages in Europe.
Garbage collection in the Middle Ages was often done by roaming animals.
the dark ages ----- The Early Middle Ages were called the Dark Age because of a decline in learning that persisted through much of the time. The decline in learning, however, did not begin during the Middle Ages, but in the Roman Empire of the 3rd century, and the recovery began about half way through the Early Middle Ages, with the Carolingian Renaissance (768-840) in the West and the Macedonian Renaissance (867-1056) in the East.