TOPIC 1 | Ancient, Middle, and Modern Technologies Flashcards
People from ancient civilizations used animals as means
of transportation.
Ancient Wheel
Around 3000 B.C., the ancient Egyptians began
writing on a papyrus.
It is made up of a pith of plant called Cyperus
papyrus.
Paper
A tool used and invented by ancient Egyptians to irrigate land.
Shadoof
Discovered in 1902 and retrieved from the
waters of Antikythera, Greece.
It is a mechanism similar to a clock for it has a
circular face and rotating hands.
Antikythera Mechanism
It is also known as the Hero’s engine.
It is a steam-powered turbine which spins as the water container at its center is heated.
Aeolipile
In this period, trade and commerce among nations increased, which resulted in greater demands for transportation technology. The major advances in scientific and technological development.
Middle Ages
Who invented the printing press?
Johann Gutenberg
Johann Gutenberg managed to invent this after the Chinese invented woodblock printing, a more efficient method of printing using a cast type.
Printing Press
Invented by Galileo Galilei it can magnify 20 times larger than regular glass.
Telescope
Invented by a Dutch Zacharias Janssen in the 1590’s.
Compound Microscope
“This turned the European agriculture and economy on its head. The fields with heavy, fatty soil became those that gave the greatest yields.” - Prof. Thomas Andersen
Heavy plough
Around 850 A.D., Chinese alchemists accidentally
invented this.
Gun powder
This was first used by the Chinese in the 17th
century.
Before the introduction of this, merchants
and traders used precious metals such as gold
and silver.
Paper Money
The development of this helped the
people in accurately keeping track of time.
Mechanical Clock
This is the period where the booming world population during the nineteenth century onwards demanded that more goods be produced at a faster rate.
Modern Ages
