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Ancient Time transportation - discover new horizon reason for travelling search for food find better location for their settlements trade their surplus in exchange for goods Navigation- assist them to in journeys unfamiliar to them Communication - druming, smoke signals, carrier...

Ancient Time transportation - discover new horizon reason for travelling search for food find better location for their settlements trade their surplus in exchange for goods Navigation- assist them to in journeys unfamiliar to them Communication - druming, smoke signals, carrier pigeons, pony express, telegraph Armors and weapons- for security/ major achievement Conservation of life- illness/ diseases science and tech- major rule to make cure architecture- see as technological advan. SUMMERIAN CIVILIANTION Sumeria - located in southernmost top of ancient mesopotamia (modern iraq) Cuneiform -to write summerian language -earliest writing system Uruk city - first city in the world, aka. Warka/ warkah, ancient city of sumer -build city using mud or clay (sun baked bricks The great ziggurat of ur - “mountain of god” irrigation and dikes - the use of leaves and canal are called “irrigation” Sailboat - invention of summerian (rivers/sea) wheel- for farm work not transpo plow- used for tilling (horns, stick) roads- to facilitate faster travel BABYLONIAN CIVILIZATION -emerge in tigris and euphrates rivers -great engineers and architects Hanging garden of Babylon -one of 7 wonders of the world -king nebuchadnezzar built it for his wife EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION -in ancient northeast africa (3100 BC) Paper or Papyrus -papyrus plant Ink -made by burning wood Hieroglyphics -a system of writing in egypt -provide to them by god -hieroglyph means “sacred carvings” Cosmetic -invented by egyptians -for health and aesthetic -wore kohl in their eyes to prevent cure eye disease Kohl -black powdery substance made in galena -large drawing in eyes means symbol of the god horus or god of healing Wig -protection from sun Water clock or clepsydra -a clock made from stone, copper, or pottery -clepsydra means water thief GREEK CIVILIZATION -southern part of europe -birth place of philosophy -major achievement is philosophy / math Clock -first alarm clock created by ctesibus Watermill -important piece of mechanical equipment ROMAN EMPIRE Newspaper -Acta Diurna latin: Daily Acts -carved on stone and metal Bound books or codex -codex is ancient book Roman Architecture -consider as continuation of greek archi. -major projects (church,coliseum, amphitheater, residential houses) Roman numerals -old number system CHINESE CIVILIZATION -oldest civilization in Asia -aka as middle kingdom -located in far east of asia Silk -developed by china Tea production -china is exporter of tea aside from silk -popular beverage Great wall of china -ancient series of wall -prevent invaders to enter china Gunpowder -mixture of saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal MIDDLE AGES -last from 5th to late 15th centuries Printing Process -movable type printing -gutenberg invention Microscope -used to magnify manuscripts Telescope -help to understand earths space -Gallileo Galilei was part of invention War Weapons -one type of helmet is spangenhelm MODERN WORLD -20th century after the end of 1st world war Pasteurization -foods is treated with mild heat -develop by French chemist louis pasteur Petroleum Refinery -change crude oil to petroleum -discover by Samuel Martin Kier Telephone -telecommunications device -Alexander Graham Bell Calculator -by wilhelm Schickard Philippine Invention -Salamander Amphibious Tricycle Salt Lamp -Aisa Mijeno -alternative light source Medical Incubator -Fe Del Mundo E JEEPNEY -public transportation Mosquito Ovicidal Larvicidal -by Garbo and Josie pondevida