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← HistoryWhich production constraint increased when timber exhaustion began affecting Venetian arsenal shipbuilding?
A)Sailcloth thread tensile strength decreased
B)Manpower costs for hull maintenance
C)Required lumber seasoning time increased✓
D)Bronze cannon casting lead contamination
💡 Explanation
Because timber became scarcer, the **selective cutting** mechanism wasn't sustainable; therefore, newly-felled timber needed longer seasoning to reduce warping and rot to make the wood usable, rather than being readily available.
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