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Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- As a result, merchant fleets began venturing far beyond the sight of coastlines, opening trade routes that had previously been considered too dangerous to attempt.
- Once mounted on a pivot inside a protective housing, the device let a ship's crew hold a steady heading even in total darkness or fog.
- This property was first applied to feng shui and land surveying before sailors realized it could serve them just as well on featureless seas.
- Chinese scholars discovered that a sliver of naturally magnetized iron ore, when allowed to swing freely, would consistently align itself with the Earth's magnetic poles.
- Before the invention of the magnetic compass, sailors navigating open water relied heavily on the position of the sun and stars, a method that failed completely under cloudy skies.