>Indian civilization is about the oldest still alive and achieved a high level of technology at an early stage.
Something to do with the Field:
- Agriculture- irrigation was developed in the Indus Valley Civilization by around 4500 B.C.
- Indian Astrology- Indian Astonomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa dates back around 1200 B.C. Detailed several astronomical attributes generally applied for timing social and religious events: regards to marriage; to career and; elecion processe.
- Zinc Metallurgy- refining metals
- Mathematics- the use of negative numbers.
List iof Indian Inventions
- Atomism- small invisible particle of matter.
- Chandrasekhar limit and numbers
- universe
- indigo- was used as a dye
- Firearms
CHINESE SCIENCE
>there has been more or less continous contact between Europe and China since classical greek times.
>silk road- an ancient trade routine linking China with Rome.
Important Persons
- Marco Polo- whose account of his travels and experiences offered European a firsthand view of Asian lands and Stimulated interests in Asian trade.
- Zu Chongzhi- mathematician who calculated "pi" to the 7th digit.
- Liu Ju-hsieh- mathematician who discovered "Pascal's Triangle"
- Tao Ch'ien- famous poet and philosopher who influenced the ideaof "elixir of life".
Four Great Inventions
- magnetic compass
- printing press
- gun powder
- paper making
Other Inventions
- Astronomy- a) first planetarium which was made by an emperor b) stellar explosion that took place in the "crab Nebula" in 1054
- Mathematics- a)asian abacus b)"pi" c) decimal system d) Pascal's Triangle
- Military-a) crossbows b) poison gases c) bamboo-made cannons d) rockets
- Medicine- a) Elixir of life b) acupuncture c) autopsy
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