HISTORY of Science III

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historY

Of science

8. Presocratics 9. Nazca Lines

7. China

6. India

5. Other developments

4. Video

3. Mesopotamia

2. Earliest roots

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Prehistoric TimesEarliest RootsPresocratics

Earliest Roots

The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE.

MeSopotamia

The ancient Mesopotamians had extensive knowledge about the chemical properties of clay, sand, metal ore, bitumen, stone, and other natural materials, and applied this knowledge to practical use in manufacturing pottery, faience, glass, soap, metals, lime plaster, and waterproofing.

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Other Developments

Some of the earliest linguistic activities can be found in Iron Age India (1st millennium BCE)

There were confirmed transmissions of mathematical ideas between India and China.

-Appeared with the Indus Valley Civilization(4th millennium BCE)

Mathematical achievements from Mesopotamia had some influence on the development of mathematics in India,.

India

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Step 1

Grammer

Astronomy and Mathematics

Inventions

Chinese mathematics

China

Chinese Astronomy

Ionia was an ancient region on the central part of the western coast of Anatolia in present-day Turkey

preSocratics

Rational Debate

1. A self-conscious inquiry into nature
2. Natural Philosophers
3. Schools of Thought
4. Rational Debate

Natural Philosophy

Nazca Lines

BCE 500-500CE

Geoglyphs

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Your Lines

anaximander

thales of miletus

PreSocratics

pythagoras

empedocles

PreSocratics

Anaximenes of Miletus

democritus

PreSocratics

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