Maya Civilization and Ancient Inventions

Maya Hieroglyphics - writing system used by the ancient ______ civilization

Copán - intellectual and scientific center of Maya ______

Palenque - a city in the northwest of the ______, spiritual center of Maya civilization

The manufacture of rubber was one of the earliest inventions, documented by the use of a rubber ball in the ball game ______, a game played by Meso-American civilizations from earliest times.

Tawantinsuyu, the Inca ______, developed into one of the greatest civilizations of the world

A system of staged runners guaranteed that messages and orders were transmitted at great ______

Ancient India developed theories about the configuration of the universe, the spherical self-supporting Earth and the year of 360 days with 12 equal parts of 30 days each. They are also known for their contributions in the field of ________.

The earliest traces of mathematical knowledge in the Indian subcontinent appeared in the ________ Valley Civilization.

The people of the Indus Valley Civilization tried to standardize measurement of length to a high degree of accuracy and designed a ruler called the ________ ruler.

Buddhism originated in South Asia around the 5th BCE with Siddhartha Gautama and spread across Asia and the rest of the world. It puts an individual in the role of 'scientist', running experiments on their mind to achieve inner peace. Buddhism is known for contributing as a powerful intellectual force leading to the proliferation of ________.

Chinese traditional medicines are a product of centuries of experiences and discovery of the Chinese people. An example of their medical practice is ________.

In terms of technology, Chinese are known to develop many ________.

Freud developed psychoanalysis as a scientific method of understanding inner and unconscious conflicts embedded within one’s personality, spring from free associations, and the dreams and fantasies of an individual. Freud believed that the human mind was composed of three elements; 1.________- The first of the key elements of personality to emerge is known as the id.

The id contains all of the unconscious, basic, and primal urges. 2.________- This is the part of the personality that must deal with the demands of reality. It helps control the urges of the id and makes us behave in ways that are both realistic and acceptable. The ego also helps strike a balance between our basic urges, our ideals, and reality.

The superego is the final aspect of personality to emerge, and it contains our ideals and values. The values and beliefs that our parents and society instill in us are the guiding force of the superego and it strives to make us behave according to these morals. 3.________- The superego is the final aspect of personality to emerge, and it contains our ideals and values.

The Information Revolution started from the Sumerian pictographs, which is the earliest writing system. Then comes the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press 1455. There emerged the use of 4.________ and telegraph.

The Information Revolution started from the Sumerian pictographs, which is the earliest writing system. Then comes the invention of 5.________’s printing press 1455. There emerged the use of typewriter and telegraph.

The Information Revolution started from the Sumerian pictographs, which is the earliest writing system. Then comes the invention of Gutenberg’s printing press 1455. There emerged the use of typewriter and 6.________.

Among the famous discoveries and inventions of the ______ civilization were compass, paper making, gunpowder, and printing tools that became known in the West only by the end of the Middle Ages. They also invented other tools like iron plough, wheelbarrow, and propeller, among others. They also developed a design of different models of bridges, invented the first seismological detector, and developed a dry dock facility. ______ also made significant records of supernovas, lunar and solar eclipses, and comets, which were carefully recorded and preserved to better understand the heavenly bodies and their effects on our world.

The countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea are referred to as ______.

Cuneiform is the first writing system in the world in the form of ______.

The term '______' comes from the Latin words 'cuneus' (meaning 'wedge') and 'forma' (meaning 'shape'). This was evolved from pic picture to a clay tablet which turned now into symbol and letters. Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.

The term 'Middle East' originated from the same European perspective that described Eastern Asia as 'the Far East.' The Middle East denotes the transcontinental area between Western Asia and ______.

Chinese are also known in ______. This made them more prepared in times of natural calamities.

The Arabs applied the Romans principles and improved the watermill known as the ______.

The middle East is known for their machine designed for the improvement of ______, industrial work, and for war.

The windmill and watermill are used for ______.

His book, titled 'Al-Turuq al-Saniya fi al-Alat al-Ruhaniya' (The Sublime Methods of Spiritual Machines), described various mechanical devices and ______.

Africa hosts a large diversity of ethnicities, cultures, and ______.

Africa is known for the production of Kola nuts and coffee in Ethiopia (Kola nuts are mostly found in West Africa and is the basis of ______ drink).