HSci Midterm 1
Terms
- Ctesibius
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250 BC
sciences of compressed air
great thinker in alexandria
water clock
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Iron in common use
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1200 BC
Beginning of Iron Age
- Khufu
- 2550 BC Pyramid of Giza built for him Believed to be a God
- Mycenae
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1500 BC
Pantheon of Fallible Gods
Mycenae is wealthiest Greek city-state
- Archimedes
- 287 BC Great thinker of Alexandria Research Practical Statics
- faience
- 3500 BC Blue glass coating over artwork Babylonian and Egyptian
- Bronze Age
- 3300 BC Copper/Tin Alloy Required pottery to heat metal Middle/Near East
- Philip II
- 359 BC King of Macedonia development/organization military father of alexander the great
- Zoser (Djoser, Joser)
- 2630 BC First pyramid (Step Pyramid) built
- homo habilis
- 2.4 Million Years ago tool maker stone tools Oldowan
- iron clamps
- 447 BC Parthenon Pericles - Golden Age Greece
- Piraeus
- 461 BC Long Walls - built to protect cities -under Pericles
- hoplites
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citizen soldiers
All spartans trained from birth for war, united - Phalanx formation
Athenians trained for war but less united
- Jericho
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8000 years ago - neolithic period
first settlement known to man - fortified
polished stone tools
- Enslaved Laborers
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221 BC - 1644 AD
Chinese used enslaved labor to build great walls of china
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
- Pericles
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460 BC
Golden Age of Greece
Parthenon
Political Boss
- irrigation
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3500-3000 BC
develops with River cities
linked to rise of government
- mechanikoi
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Technical workers
- alphabet and bireme
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1450-800 BC
Phoenicians - become dominant in Mediterranean shipping and trade
alphabet developed as a result of increased trade
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torsion spring
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used in the catapult
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Sir Arthur Evans
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2600-1900 BC
Minoan bronze age culture develops in Greece
centered on island of greece
- Minoans
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2700 - 1450 BC Bronze Age Civilization
Island of Crete
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learning from things
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-ordinary looking
-technical analysis
-simulation
-testing through use
-archaeological science
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garden agriculture
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Neolithic Revolution 8000 years ago
NOT farming- gardening for personal use
- Scatter Model
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Idea that Technology does not progress in a linear model
Advances in pieces
Phenomenon of same tech. progressing in different locations
seen in the catapult
Cuomo's work -
Hand Ax
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Paleolithic Hand Tool (2.4 mya - 10000 BC)
Use of one stone to make another better
First evidence of man-made tools
Africa, Europe, Northern Asia -
Deir El Medina
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what- ancient egyptian village- tombs & temples
where- west of Thebes, west bank of the Nilewhen- 18th - 20th dynasty
- Sarissa
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What- Long pike used in war
introduced by Philip II
used in Phalanx formation
ancient greece and hellenistic warfare -
Chief of the Tomb
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Deir el-Medina -16th-20th dynasty
Also Valley of the Kings
Chief oversaw construction
surrendered position to his son
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Two-Field System
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650 BC
Alternate between 2 different fields each season
Athenian Democracy
Athens
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Alexander the Great
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King of Macedonia 336 BC
Carries on Father's military revolution
Conquer's Greece
Dies 323 BC - Shaduf
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2000 BC
Basket on lever, counterweighted to half weight of full bucket of water
used for moving water from one body to another
Ancient Mesopotamia - Parthenon
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450 BC Pericles Golden Age Greece
most copied building ever
golden ratio - visual perfection
Greek Marvel
- acropolis
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High City - Acropolis of Athens most noted
Parthenon built upon it
400 BC