The compass‚ steel‚ paper‚ the printing press‚ and the kite are all inventions from Ancient China. All of these inventions have a huge impact on the world today. Ancient China has had many inventions that have impacted and changed the world. The invention that has the greatest impact is gunpowder. Gunpowder was made by accident by Chinese alchemists were trying to find the elixir of life. They discovered it when they mixed sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and potassium nitrate. The Chinese started to use gunpowder
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122 The Time Machine and Our World By Sabique Ul Islam The Time Machine‚ written by H.G. Wells‚ focuses on contemporary social questions. Through the progression of the story Wells delineates various interrelated social issues that existed in Victorian England. Wells reflects on the exploitation of the working class and the negative effect of modern technology on class struggle in a capitalist society. He also puts forward a rather contradictory opinion about how the advent of communism can render
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Who Helped build the foundation of modern astronomy? Galileo Galilei did‚ he was an Italian philosopher‚ astronomer‚ engineer‚ mathematician‚ and physicist. Whom‚ played an important role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance. The Renaissance began in Italy in the thirteen hundreds and created a “suitable environment…to question scientific doctrine.” ~Wikipedia. One of the great accomplishments of the time period was the development of the Scientific Method. Galileo was so important
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There are many people in the world who are influential. These people impact the world in a positive way by following their dreams of inventing‚ their effort to achieve ‚ and their dedication‚ An individual that shows these traits would be the first person to invent the loudspeaker‚ Peter L Jensen. Peter L Jensen is influential because of his inventions‚ his ability to entertain‚ and his dedication. Some of Peter L Jensen’s accomplishments were the Telegraphone‚ the Loudspeaker‚ and the anti-noise
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Islam and its Challenges in the Modern World Islam today is facing challenges from within and from the wider world. The critical problems are the fundamental tensions within Islam. The attitudes and criticisms common in the outside world can be ignored as misguided or hostile‚ but the tensions within Islam throughout the world must be confronted. In a simple geographical sense‚ Islam has to come to grips with its changing centres. The religious centres define the heartland: Saudi Arabia maintains
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was better known to us as Bob Marley and he changed our world forever. Marley’s music was unleashed on America and the world in the mid to late ‘70’s with explosive popularity. For unlike much of the music that had been heard‚ Marley’s work was so much more than just music it was a message for all to hear‚ a message that we
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to our lives. The internet has allowed us to connect with people from all around the globe. We can keep in touch with family and friends on the other side of the world. Information is more readily available and is easily shared. We no longer have to go throughout our day distracted by the thought of who the tallest man in the world is. If we needed to do a research paper on Kantianism‚ we do so at the comfort at our homes rather to going out to a library and searching through encyclopedias and
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Muhammad Ali changed the world today by standing up to the United States military. He was special because he refused to be in the army when it was time for him to be drafted. Back then‚ one only had to serve in the military if they were Christians. If he didn’t convert to Islam‚ he would have been arrested or killed for not accepting to be drafted. He would have most likely died anyways fighting in a war. Muhammad Ali sparked up a lot of drama in the news. Muhammad Ali was born in January 17‚
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John Lennon was a man that left an impact that may seem minimal to society but in reality‚ he captured the vision of what a peaceful world should look like. As a man that was not fond of abiding by any rules or the status quo‚ he decided to take his ability and passion for music in another direction. Most people would call it crazy but it is people like John Lennon that change the world in the simplest way. In John Lennon’s song “Imagine” the vision of a world without conflict speaks through every
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The Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers created the first working airplane in 1903. Orville and Wilbur Wright were self taught. They did not go to college and learned how to fix things by watching their mother when they were growing up. This knowledge led to them inventing many gadgets and also began the age of flight. The Wright Brothers are an excellent examples of American revolutionaries because they changed the way we travel‚ changed the way wars are fought‚ and contributed to the new convenient
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