Chinese technologies and European Conneciton Flashcards
What was the initial Chinese compass? what was it used for?
For political reasons
What was strange about china being the most advanced civilization in the world
Didn’t do anything with it, had the potential to conquer the world but never did
What was “black powder”
Elixer of life, later became gun powder, used to chase away evil spirits
what was rocketry initially used for
for festivals
Why did the Chinese use their inventions differently than the Europeans might have
Religion/word view, different approach to change. change was seen as a bad thing
what were exams used for
select who worked for the government
what was the process for exams in china
village->town->city->final exam. final exam was 7 days long
How did the domestication of pigs end the roman empire
pigs urine combined with pigs droppings = potassium = gunpowder
How did the tech of gunpowder transfer civilizations from the chinese
china - Mongolia - turkey - crushed eastern roman empire
What did castles evolve into along the medieval age
palaces, as a need for books came up
What was the duty of knights in europe
to convert pagans to Christianity (would really just kill them)
what was the problem with knights
had nothing to do except kill pagans and peasants, would cause problems
what was the solution to the problem of bored knights
send them on a crusade assuming they would die. Actually captured jerusalem
What did the knights of the first crusade bring back from Jerusalem? why?
a bunch of books, but they couldn’t read. they knew it would be worth something
Who was Thomas Aquinas? What was his story?
Translated Arabic –texts to latin
- said greeks were christian even though they existed before jesus
- claimed prime mover was god
What were the 4 major technologies to do with printing
- Paper
- Fast Drying Ink
- Reusable typeset
- Pressing machine (only one to exist in Europe prior)
What significant event in Europe occurred in 1347? what is the story on how this affected the paper industry?
Black death, 50% of Europe died quickly.
- linen underwear remained and turned into paper
- Remaining population became wealthy, wanted bible for status symbol
Why were the monks almost wiped out entirely during the black death
Disease spread when monks came to pray
Who was Johannes Gutenberg
- Goldsmith
- invented oil based ink
- invented fast drying metal type
- partnered with conman Fust, died in poverty
What was the first book printed by the Gutenberg press?
Gutenberg Bible
What is jikji
First book printed on moveable type, Korean
in 50 year span, printed books went from almost nothing to how many?
11 million
What did the Gutenberg press lead to
Rediscovery of greek and roman knowledge from printing translated Alexandria books
- social and political change - scientific revolution
- from roman numerals to Arabic page numbering
