books 105 BC Tsai Lun of China invents paper as we know it. 305 First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block. 1049 First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng. 1450 Newspapers appear in Europe. 1455 Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type. 1560 Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making. 1650 First daily newspaper - Leipzig. 1714 Englishmen‚ Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter. 1793
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BCE= Before common era (same as BC) CE= Common Era (Same as AD) Circa = around the time of‚ approximately – not exact date( abbreviated “ca” or “c”) Chapter 1 * 4mil ya to 3500 BCE * Hominids * australopithecus 4mil ya * Homo Erectus 1.5 mil ya Homo Sapiens 200 thousand ya * Paleolithic – Hunter/Gatherer * Paleolithic – “old stone age” – first hominids to 12‚000 years ago; Hunters and Gatherers; Nomadic; No private property; Egalitarian- equal society; Gender-based
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"The Renaissance was a period of big change in European history. It was a time of intellectual excitement‚ when art and literature blossomed and groundbreaking scientific advances were made."(Background Essay).Before the Renaissance Age was the Middle Ages‚ which lasted from 500CE to about 1350CE. During this time the Roman Catholic Church played a huge role on everyone’s daily life. Priests who often lived inside of monasteries were the ones who owned most of the books and made handwritten copies
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more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’. These boxes link together because Box 3 states that countries wanted a big empire and Box 1 states that countries were competing over who had the biggest empire because they both obviously wanted the most power‚ money and prestige. This link relates to the cause of Empire. Carrying on‚ the link is from Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’‚ to Box
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Social Studies Curriculum Guide United States History Grade/Course: U.S. History‚ Grades 9-12 [pic] United States History Unit 1: Colonial Era Elaborated Unit Focus: This unit is centered on the development of the English colonies in America. It traces the evolution of the economies‚ governments‚ social structures‚ relations with Native Americans‚ and introduction of slavery within the three colonial regions. The role of religion
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Miranda Berishaj 1st hour Smith 1/10/15 U.S History midterm review Unit 1 1. Clayton antitrust act sought to prevent anticompetitive practices. 2. urbanrural population shift people moved from rural areas to urban areas‚ urbanization. 3. Jane Addams – a pioneer for women’s rights and a leader of suffrage. 4. Sherman antitrust act – broke up trust and prevented monopolies. 5. women’s Christian temperance union – first organization devoted to social reform for women. 6. Chi
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GRAAD 12 NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 HISTORY P1 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012 MARKS: 150 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 10 pages and an addendum of 12 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over History/P1 2 NSC DBE/Feb.–Mar. 2012 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of FOUR questions based on the prescribed content framework as contained in the guideline document: QUESTION 1: WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR IN FORMING THE WORLD AS IT WAS IN THE
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200 dances by Mozart are still preserved. The modern edition of the dances as published by the Neue Mozart Ausgabe (see External Links below) runs to about 300 total pages in score. For a complete listing of Mozart ’s dances‚ see this list. [edit]History Mozart began writing dances when he was five years old; see Nannerl Notenbuch. In 1768‚ when Mozart was 12‚ his father Leopold reported that Wolfgang had composed "many minuets for all types of instrument".[1] Mozart continued to write dance music
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INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH HISTORY Instructor: Nguyen Duy Mong Ha‚ M.A. & M.Sc. USSH-VNU-HCMC Email: ndmongha@yahoo.de‚ ndmongha@gmail.com Mobile phone: 0919694811 Office hours: Monday afternoon‚ Block C‚ DTH Campus Content • Review of physical setting of British Civilization • The historical setting of British Civilization - Earliest times - The early middle ages - The middle middle ages - The late middle ages - The modern times 5 things you know & want to know about British history KNOW • • • • • Queen
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AMERICAN HISTORY WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 5 Syed Tanimul Hoque What were the effects of the end of the Cold War on American foreign policy‚ and why did the United States go to war in Central America and the Persian Gulf? How has America tried to define its place in the new world order? After the dissolution of the Soviet Union‚ the United States was the sole remaining superpower. With the breakup of the Soviet Union into separate nations‚ and with the re-emergence of the nation of
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