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.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Messenia: Charcoal
==History==
===5th century BCE===
In the 5th century Greece, charcoal was used to heat and light up homes.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Urban Household: Pastas as well as blacksmith's furnace.
===1st century BCE===
The habit of using braziers with charcoal was also widely used in Egypt during the Ptolemaic rule.Assassin's Creed: Origins
===Renaissance===
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.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
===18th century===
During the American Revolutionary War, the Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton needed charcoal along with iron to create weapon blades.Assassin's Creed III
==Gallery==
ACO Brazier Charcoal.png|Charcoal being used for a fire brazier in Ptolemaic Egypt
ACOD brazier charcoal.jpg|Charcoal used for braziers in Ancient Greece
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel 
*Assassin's Creed III
*Assassin's Creed: Origins
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
**Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece 
==References==
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