The beginnings of mechanical television can be traced back to the discovery of the photoconductivity of the element selenium by Willoughby Smith in 1873‚ the invention of a scanning disk by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884 and John Logie Baird’s demonstration of televised moving images in 1926. As 23-year-old German university student‚ Paul Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1884.[1] Although he never built a working model of the system‚ variations of Nipkow’s
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The importance of material heritage to the study of history and culture‚ and how far present efforts of conservation supports this. 1. Definition of heritage 1.1 Material heritage 1.2 Cultural heritage 2. The importance of heritage 2.1 How material heritage is important to the study of history and culture. 2.2 Importance of heritage to the inculcation of national identity. 3. Conservation and results 3.1 The types of conservation 3.2 Principals of conservation 3.3 What is being conserved
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3500 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. to 2900 BC The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. 1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones. 1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. 900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China. 776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message
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Question: | Answer: | Current-Day Region | Letter on Map | I founded the Choson dynasty and focused my government on Confucian principles. | Yi Song-gye | Korea | C | King Sejong replaced the complex Chinese system of writing with this alphabet. (both written and spoken) | Hangul | Korea | C | Was a dynasty and during this age‚ Buddhism reached its greatest influence in Korea. | Koryo Age | Korea | C | What religion reached its greatest influence during the Koryo Age? Buddist texts were
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Term Paper FPA 120 Throughout the semester our class has been opened up to experiencing the Vancouver Bhangra Community. Bhangra is a folk dance that originated in Punjab but started in Vancouver during the 1970’s and usually was performed with half guys and half girls‚ however the girls were Caucasian. Also‚ in Vancouver around the same time when there were labor rights strikes the Dhol become really popular because it was used in the strikes to receive fair wages. The 70’s and 80’s were when
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Shogunate Japan essay “Examine the role of women in Shogunate Japanese society.” Shogunate Japan was a period from 1192 – 1867 where Japan was ruled under a system of heredity military dictatorship by shoguns. The shogun was appointed by the emperor and was known as the de facto reiler as they had great political and military power. In Shogunate Japan‚ society was divided into two main classes; the nobility and the peasants. The place of women in Shogunate was not as bad as in other societies
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* There where many affects that impacted Australia on the Vietnam war ranging from the veterans psychologically and physically‚ their families whether it’s the loss of their son and husband or the damage inflicted on them psychologically and physically taking care of them for the rest of their lives or/until they are able to sustain by themselves. The biggest impact of the war was on the vetrans themselves. The things they seen and had to do some without a true explanation drove them insane with
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Fabiha Habib Year 12 Extension History Proposal Preliminary Research When we were first given our extension history project tasks‚ I had absolutely no idea what areas I was going to research. I was going to research the Aztecs and the downfall of their empire. I was also considering researching the Amazons‚ but I was overcome by a whole new idea. The idea of pirates. I am a pirate fanatic‚ and I have seen many shows‚ series and movies that have portrayed pirates in different ways. During my
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Summary of " ’Indians ’: Textualism‚ Morality‚ and the Problem of History" In the essay " ’Indians ’: Textualism‚ Morality‚ and the Problem of History" written by Jane Tompkins‚ an English professor at Duke University‚ the author criticized the history writers and described the issue of problems that are often created by different perspectives from the history on the topic‚ European -Indian relation‚ that cannot be determined from right or wrong. Many problems contain one main fact behind it. However
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‘THE FORGOTTEN SOULS’: QUESTIONING THE MASCULINITY OF ZIMBABWEAN HISTORY. Paper presented at OTAZI conference on documentation and memorisation of dark histories‚ Bulawayo‚ 7-8 December 2012. Prisca Nyaude Research and Public Archives section‚ National Archives of Zimbabwe. E-mail: priscamarova@gmail.com. And Brenda Mamvura Records
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