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[[File:ACReb-Wood.png|thumb|250px|A stack of timber]]
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'''Wood''' is the structural tissue that comprises the stems, branches, and roots of trees. The fibrous substance tends to be strong yet pliable, and as such it has been used throughout [[human]] history as a staple construction material.
'''Wood''' is the structural tissue that comprises the stems, branches, and roots of trees. The fibrous substance tends to be strong yet pliable, and as such it has been used throughout [[human]] history as a staple construction material.


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==History==
==History==
===Classical antiquity===
===Classical antiquity===
[[File:ACOd-Messenia-Messene-lumber.jpg|thumb|Felled wood at Messene in Messenia, Greece]]
[[File:ACOd-Messenia-Messene-lumber.jpg|thumb|250px|Felled wood at Messene in Messenia, Greece]]
In the 5th century BCE, the most common wood used in [[Greece]] was that of [[olive]] trees due to their ubiquity throughout the region.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
In the 5th century BCE, the most common wood used in [[Greece]] was that of [[olive]] trees due to their ubiquity throughout the region.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


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===Spanish Renaissance===
===Spanish Renaissance===
During the ''[[Reconquista]]'', the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] used wood to grow and renovate their [[Spanish Brotherhood headquarters|base-of-operations]] at [[Sierra de Cazorla]] and had a dedicated supply room in order to send for both and stone.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref>
During the ''[[Reconquista]]'', the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins|Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] used wood to grow and renovate their [[Spanish Brotherhood headquarters|base-of-operations]] at [[Sierra de Cazorla]] and had a dedicated supply room in order to send for both wood and stone.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''</ref>


===American Revolution===
===American Revolution===

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A stack of timber

Wood is the structural tissue that comprises the stems, branches, and roots of trees. The fibrous substance tends to be strong yet pliable, and as such it has been used throughout human history as a staple construction material.

Lumber and timber are terms for wood which has been processed into planks and beams. While 'wood' refers to the material, 'woods' is a synonym for a woodland and even forest.[1][2]

Trade

Those working with wood were commonly called woodworkers, though carpenters and joiners were two separate occupations under that collective noun.[3]

History

Classical antiquity

Felled wood at Messene in Messenia, Greece

In the 5th century BCE, the most common wood used in Greece was that of olive trees due to their ubiquity throughout the region.[4]

Given Egypt's climate and the deserts ruling the landscape, wood was highly valued even during the Ptolemaic reign. At the time, the most commonly available wood was cedar.[5]

Italian Renaissance

Pine and oak, particularly holm oak, were two of the most common kinds of wood used throughout Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Soldiers relied on pine for crafting arrows, shields, and war hammers but turned to holm oak for crossbow bolts, fire pots, and the poles of pikes. Oak, elm, and fir were used in the construction of ships like carracks. The frames of cannons were built with olive wood.[6]

In Venice, Italy, gondolas were made using eight different kinds of woods, including mahogany, cherry, fir, walnut, oak, elm, larch, and lime.[7]

Spanish Renaissance

During the Reconquista, the Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins used wood to grow and renovate their base-of-operations at Sierra de Cazorla and had a dedicated supply room in order to send for both wood and stone.[8]

American Revolution

During the American Revolutionary War for independence from the British Empire, the Colonial Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton and the artisans living at the Davenport Homestead made ample use of numerous varieties of wood in their products, including ash, maple, oak, pine, hickory, spruce, and rosewood.[9]

Behind the scenes

Crafting

Wood is used as a crafting material across several Assassin's Creed games.

In Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, several types of wood were available as material in crafting. These were pine, oak, holm oak, elm, fir, and olive wood, and they were needed for the construction of barricades, carracks, cannons, and various weapons.

Gallery

  • Ash lumber
    Ash lumber
  • Birch lumber
    Birch lumber
  • Cherry lumber
    Cherry lumber
  • Fir lumber
    Fir lumber
  • Hickory lumber
    Hickory lumber
  • Maple lumber
    Maple lumber
  • Oak lumber
    Oak lumber
  • Pine lumber
    Pine lumber
  • Rosewood lumber
    Rosewood lumber
  • Spruce lumber
    Spruce lumber
  • Walnut lumber
    Walnut lumber
  • Wood
    Wood

Appearances

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References

  1. ↑ Woodland on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Forest on Wikipedia
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Woodworkers
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Database: Squero di San Trovaso
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed III
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