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A pile of charcoal

Charcoal is the remains after organic matter, most often wood, is carbonized in a closed, controlled environment.

As the heat produced by burning charcoal is hotter, more even, and more easily controlled than wood, it has been valued throughout human history.^[1]

In the 5th century Greece, charcoal was used to heat and light up homes.^[2] as well as blacksmith's furnace.^[1]

The habit of using braziers with charcoal was also widely used in Egypt during the Ptolemaic rule.^[3]

During the 15th century, the common recipe for gunpowder included charcoal mixed with brimstone and saltpeter, as used by the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins for their smoke bombs.^[4]

During the American Revolutionary War, the Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton needed charcoal along with iron to create weapon blades.^[5]

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 [[File:PL charcoal 1.png|thumb|A pile of charcoal]]
 '''Charcoal''' is the remains after organic matter, most often [[wood]], is carbonized in a closed, controlled environment.