O’Dell Holliday Humanities Vol. 1 Ancient Chinese Contributions Ancient China provided a great many inventions and contributions to the world. I will attempt to narrow it down to eight or ten examples. Cast iron was invented between the late 4th century BC and the early 5th century BC (Zhou dynasty). The process was created by melting pig iron. The blast furnace was used for smelting iron ore and coke (a high carbon fuel)‚ charcoal or anthracite (a type of coal). Limestone
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Once upon a time there was no zero. Of course people knew if they had nothing‚ but there was no mathematical notation for it. Zero was independently invented only three times. The first recorded zero is attributed to the Babylonians in the 3rd century BC. A long period followed when no one else used a zero place holder. But then the Mayans‚ halfway around the world in Central America‚ independently invented zero in the fourth century CE. The final independent invention of zero in India was long
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Both Greece and Rome made significant contributions to Western civilization. Greek knowledge was ascendant in philosophy‚ physics‚ chemistry‚ medicine‚ and mathematics for nearly two thousand years. The Romans did not have the Greek temperament for philosophy and science‚ but they had a genius for law and civil administration. The Romans were also great engineers and builders. They invented concrete‚ perfected the arch‚ and constructed roads and bridges that remain in use today. But neither the Greeks
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Ancient China has played a significant part in many famous inventions that have had a major impact in our lives from day to day. No matter how small they seem to be their inventions have helped us in so many ways that we have taken for granted. How many of us have ever given a thought to those that have made our lives easier by their inventions? There are quite a few from the Ancient Chinese that I was not aware of and was amazed at how many of these we do use in our lives every day and never stop
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2/21/13 The Hindu : Today’s Paper / NATIONAL : Ancient copper plates‚ gold coins found in Karnataka temple Today’s Paper » NATIONAL Ancient copper plates‚ gold coins found in Karnataka temple T.S. Subramanian A set of copper-plate charters and a bull emblem engraved on one such plate‚ issued by Sankama-II of the Kalachurya dynasty in March 1180 CE. On the right is a ‘Ane Gadyana’ variety gold coin. Of the eight such coins discovered‚ three were issued by Ganga ruler Sivamara-I (regnal
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Ancient India Technology In ancient Indian mathematics was known by the general name of Ganita‚ which included arithmetic‚ geometry‚ algebra‚ astronomy and astrology. It was Aryabhatta‚ who gave a new direction to trigonometry. The decimal system too was an innovation of India. By the third century B.C. mathematics‚ astronomy and medicine began to develop separately. In the field of mathematics ancient Indians made three distinct contributions‚ the notation system‚ the decimal system and the use
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INDIAN SCIENTISTS IN INTERNATIONAL ARENA Indian scientists are famous throughout the world. They have pioneered several significant scientific discoveries so far. Since the ancient period‚ India is considered as one of the scientific powerhouses in the world. Thus‚ this country has been scientifically advanced for several centuries now and the Indian scientists have made numerous path-breaking discoveries in the field of science. The various fields in which the Indian scientists have excelled
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The Silk Roads are a network of land and see lanes all over three continents of the world – Asia‚ Europe and Africa. Starting in the third century BCE‚ China used the Silk Roads to carry trade goods to the lands of the Mediterranean. Moreover‚ people from Eurasia and Africa participated in the commercial transactions since the second century BCE. Traders and religious pilgrims travelled the roads for a bigger purpose than just trading: They spread political and religious ideas throughout three continents
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Ancient China In ancient Chinese cosmology‚ the universe was created not by divinities but self-generated from the interplay of nature’s basic duality: the active‚ light‚ dry‚ warm‚ positive‚ masculine yang and the passive‚ dark‚ cold‚ moist‚ negative yin. All things‚ animate and inanimate‚ and all circumstances were a combination of these fundamentals. The ultimate principle of the universe was the tao‚ "the way‚" and it determined the proper proportions of yin and yang in everything. Anything
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Collocations Lists On this page you can find a few short lists of collocations. Some common verbs have do make have a bath have a drink have a good time have a haircut have a holiday have a problem have a relationship have a rest have lunch have sympathy do business do nothing do someone a favour do the cooking do the housework do the shopping do the washing up do your best do your hair do your homework make a difference make a mess make a mistake make a noise make an
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