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    .scribd.com/doc/13314549/Internship-Report-oExecutive Summary BANKING HISTORY The first banks were probably the religious temples of the ancient world‚ and were probably established in the third millennium B.C. Banks probably predated the invention of money. Deposits initially consisted of grain and later other goods including cattle‚ agricultural implements‚ and eventually precious metals such as gold‚ in the form of easy-to-carry compressed plates. Temples and palaces were the safest places

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    Television is a system for reproducing on a screen visual image transmitted by a radio signal. T.V short for television is popular among many people around the world. It is a means of communication. No‚ I don’t believe that television has any contribution on isolating people. The excerpt says “At first‚ television watching was a communal affair; …………..proudly invite the neighbors in to view the marvelous box”. I completely disagree with this line. For me communal affairs are those activities

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    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 for weapons‚ in document 5 it says

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    its innovations and contributions that are still being used throughout the world today. Ancient Chinese inventions such as silk‚ paper‚ gun powder‚ printing‚ tea‚ wheel barrow‚ porcelain‚ toilet paper and the compass have been vital to not only the Chinese culture‚ but also to world civilization. Without a doubt‚ I believe paper‚ printing‚ gun powder and the compass are the most useful inventions/contributions from the ancient Chinese. In A.D.105 Cai Lun created a blend of wood fibers and water then

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    One of the most important inventions of all time was the invention of gunpowder. "Imagine their enemy’s surprise when the Chinese first demonstrated their newest invention in the eighth century AD. Chinese scientists discovered that an explosive mixture could be produced by combining sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and saltpeter (potassium nitrate). The military applications were clear. New weapons were rapidly developed‚ including rockets and others that were launched from a bamboo tube" (Franklin Institute)

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    important of these are the invention of gunpowder and movable type. Movable type is the system of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document. The distribution of the movable-type systems was very limited due to the fact that they were expensive‚ there was a large amount of labor involved in manipulating the thousands of ceramic tablets‚ based on the Chinese writing system‚ which have thousands of characters. Gunpowder was the first chemical explosive

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    successful culture that created many inventions and contributed to the advancement of not only the Chinese civilization but also to the civilization of the world. In the history of the world there has been many important inventions‚ Ancient Chinese were great inventors. This essay will point out some of the great inventions that Chinese culture introduced to the world. The impact that these inventions have made in our day to day lives and how without these inventions the world would have not enhanced

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    Responsibility of Inventions Inventions have shaped the growth of civilization since the beginning of time‚ but can an invention actually do more harm than good? Who is at fault? Should those who came up with the ideas be to blame? In answer to the first question‚ yes. Take gunpowder as an example; gunpowder was first used in China for entertainment‚ such as fireworks (Pyro universe‚ History of fireworks). However‚ when the invention went into the wrong hands‚ it became a weapon‚ which made it

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    is the source of many wonderful and useful inventions. The splendor and innovation enjoyed by the ancient Chinese have become legendary. The ten most useful contributions that the ancient Chinese made in our contemporary society were: paper money‚ kites‚ iron and bronze‚ gunpowder‚ printing press‚ umbrellas‚ clocks‚ compasses‚ porcelain‚ and alcohol (Yinke‚ 2009). However‚ out of those ten‚ the four most significant innovations are paper money‚ gunpowder‚ printing press‚ and clocks. The Chinese

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    Technology plays a huge role in society in the present world‚ and it’s gotten this way through everything that has been invented with things such as the printing press or gunpowder. They bring very big changes to the way people live their lives in the world‚ and makes it easier to live. Both the printing press and gunpowder were huge steps in the world of technology. In Europe during the medieval times‚ everything had to be written by hand without a choice of being able to type. At this time

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