home waiting for Kung Fu Theater to begin‚ I can recall most of the settings taking place during the early feudal times in China. I never really paid much attention to the display of fireworks in some of these movies or any of the other numerous inventions that the Chinese developed over time. I made no connections at all‚ now looking back it all makes sense‚ I understand the significance of those things I witnessed as a child. Now I understand the quality of life many of those things invented
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Jennifer E Strayer University Humanities 111 Ancient Chinese Innovations The ancient Chinese culture has probably contributed more to the advancement of humans than any other. In China’s long history they have shown us many extremely important inventions. In the modern world we take a lot of these innovations for granted even though we use many of them on a daily basis. I have often wondered who invented many items I use and it surprised me to find out that most things I use and quite possibly cannot
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evolution in our history of rockets. It has been one man-kinds greatest invention for thousands of years. Rockets date back to 400 B.C in the city Tarentum from a roman writer named Aulus Gellius as he tells a story of a Greek‚ named Archytas. Archytas used his invention to amuse and baffle the people by flying a wooden pigeon using steam to propel the bird suspended off wires. Couple three hundred years later after the invention of Archytas flying pigeon another Greek‚ Hero of Alexandria invented
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Canal? The farmers were able to ship their rice across the Grand Canal and busy boat owners had plenty of business‚ it was easier to move goods by water than by land. How did the inventions of the compass‚ paper‚ woodblock printing‚ movable types‚ gunpowder‚ and the small pox inoculation affected Chinese society? These inventions allowed
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important for navigation and religious reasons (prayers toward Mecca) China- Confucianism‚ inventions and technology (rockets‚ gunpowder‚ paper making‚ printing of books)‚ unified written language but not spoken 3) Analyze the economic and technological changes and continuities in ONE of the following regions between 600 and 1450. Central Asia- inventions and technology (rockets‚ gunpowder‚ paper making‚ printing of books)‚ trading with India and the rest of the world‚ clocks and windmills
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many discoveries of technologies like gunpowder‚ or technology of manufacturing paper. Some of the other rare technologies that were invented in ancient China were firearms (crossbow)‚ seism scope (device used to detect earthquakes)‚ that was made by Zhang Heng and was named as Houfeng Didong Yi. (David) Four Chinese inventions that are regarded as the greatest technologies developed by Chinese civilization are; compass‚ art of paper making‚ printing and gunpowder‚ many of which these things were not
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He also invented land mines. Torpedoes‚ which are known as land mines today‚ were mainly used by Confederate soldiers. While there were many different kinds of torpedoes‚ the main kind used by the Confederates was an iron canister with gunpowder inside and a fuse. Before the Civil War‚ land mines usually had a trigger that was pulled to detonate the bomb. During the Civil War Rains designed a land mine that it would explode because of pressure when someone stepped on it. The Confederates
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He took away the rockets that took too to burn‚ and replaced them with modified the gunpowder. This new and improved gunpowder sparked quickly which made explosions that took down enemy defenses more easily. Victory was always because the Mongols were the only ones with this new technology (34). Aside from the new gunpowder‚ Khan had improvements done to his trade route. New boats that were built in order to improve trade by sea‚ and were equipped with
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Question- What did the first settlement groups have in common? What makes them different? Introduction- Through many of the first civilizations‚ there were numerous similarities and differences. The two main similarities that I believe these great civilizations had were their legacies‚ and the fact that they each had irreplaceable contributions to modern cities‚ as well as their agriculture and how it affected and improved life as they knew it‚ and s we know it. The main difference they had was
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business‚ shall we? The first thing I’d like to point out that was developed was the printing press. It was developed in the late middle ages by a German craftsman named Johannes Gutenberg. Now‚ where would we be without this invention? The printing press is a major invention and still in use today. Obviously‚ the ones we use today have been perfected to be more efficient and less expensive to produce maximum output but even so‚ it’s the same basic concept that started way back in the Middle Ages
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