Scientific and Technological Advancements (Prehistoric Era to 600 CE)

Neolithic Era

During the ________, the Chinese were the first to domesticate the silkworm and mulberry trees for use in making cloth.

Pythagoras

________ (500 BCE), a well- known scientist, also developed both scientific and illogical theories about the nature of the physical universe in addition to discovering useful triangle- related information.

Corpus Hippocraticum

The ________, a medical text written by the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates, was published in 400 BCE.

Shang dynasty

The Sumerians (around 3000 BCE) and the ________ in China (around 1700 BCE) were two civilizations that benefited from the wheel's invention as they advanced.

European Renaissance

Before Galileo during the ________, Greek astronomers made observations and inferences that were unmatched.

Common Era

Around the beginning of the ________, the Chinese developed paper, a material that was much less expensive than silk and more portable than clay tablets or metal.

Syria

Around 1500 BCE, the Egyptians were the first people to make glass, but by 100 BCE, ________ was a significant exporter of fine glassware.

Greek mathematician

Aristarchus, a(n) ________, used Euclid's theory to calculate the distance between the Sun and the Moon.

China

Around 2200 BCE, the first bronze foundry was established in ________.

Aluminum

________ was first refined by the Chinese about 1, 500 years before Europeans did.

Chinese

The wheelbarrow, created by the ________ in the first century CE, is one useful example of a wheel.

BCE

Around 200 ________, the Andes region saw the development of gold smelting, which was primarily used for jewelry.

sixth century CE

In the ________, Dionysius Exiguus developed the modern dating method.

scientific speculative

The mathematical and ________ fields have benefited greatly from the contributions of Western civilizations.

astral rhythms

The ________ were carefully observed by the ancients, who calculated how the seasons fit into this calendar.

Mesopotamia

The potter's wheel, which was discovered in ________ as early as 3500 BCE, and the water wheel, a hydrology invention made around 500 BCE.

Galen

________ (3rd century CE), whose medical writings provided guidance for centuries to come, and Erasistratus of Chios, who explained heart valves (250 CE), were two other notable Greek physicians.

Homeopathy

________ and natural remedies have been used in Chinese medicine for a very long time.

Chinese mathematicians

________ invented the magnetic compass (1 CE),"negative numbers "(100 CE), and the north- south and east- west parallels in maps (265 CE), among other innovations.

iron

Because ________ was easier to produce than bronze, it was quickly used extensively in both farming and warfare.

Indian textiles

________ are still well- known today, despite other cultures adopting cotton growing and spinning.

Maya people of Central America

The ________ created an incredibly precise calendar based on a widely recognized event, such as the birth of Christ, that could predict eclipses and planetary conjunctions.

Greek medicine

________ is renowned for its effective and often imitated treatments for illnesses.

China

The earliest surviving writing in ________ was discovered incised on animal bones, turtle shells, and bronze objects.

Sumer

By 2700 BCE, one of the earliest Mesopotamian cities, had created the first calendar, which had 354 days.

2700 BCE

By ______, Sumer, one of the earliest Mesopotamian cities, had created the first calendar, which had 354 days.

354 days

How many days does the first calendar have?

China

By 1400 BCE, _____ had created a calendar that was remarkably similar to the one we use today.

Maya people

The ______ of Central America created an incredibly precise calendar based on a widely recognized event, such as the birth of Christ, that could predict eclipses and planetary conjunctions.

Dionysius Exiguous

In the sixth century CE, he developed the modern dating method.

Catal Huyuk

Before the Bronze Age, copper smelting started in _____.

northern Thailand

But around 4000 BCE, the first bronze was made by people in _____.

China

Around 2200 BCE, the first bronze foundry was established in _____.

2200 BCE

the first bronze foundry was established in China.

4000 BCE

he first bronze was made by people in northern Thailand.T

Hittites

By 1200 BCE, the __________ in western Asia had mastered the art of making iron, and ironwork was also well-known in central Africa.

Aluminum

______ was first refined by the Chinese about 1,500 years before Europeans did.

Andes region

Around 200 BCE, the _____ saw the development of gold smelting, which was primarily used for jewelry.

200 BCE

the Andes region saw the development of gold smelting, which was primarily used for jewelry.

iron or bronze

After 600 CE, cultures in the Western Hemisphere also started to process copper and silver, but never _____.

Chavan culture

Around 1100 BCE, the _____ of the Andes was where rubber was first discovered.

rubber

Around 1100 BCE, the Chavan culture of the Andes was where ______ was first discovered.

Near East

Writing was first created by people in the _______. They used animal skins, papyrus and clay tablets.

China

The earliest surviving writing in _______ was discovered incised on animal bones, turtle shells, and bronze objects.

Common Era

Around the beginning of the ______, the Chinese developed paper, a material that was much less expensive than silk and more portable than clay tablets or metal.

abacus

Around 3000 BCE, the Near East developed the _____, demonstrating a fascination with numbers, mathematics, and the sciences.

Pythagoras (500 BCE)

a well-known scientist, also developed both scientific and illogical theories about the nature of the physical universe in addition to discovering useful triangle-related information.

Euclid (300 BCE)

Geometrical insights from ______ are still studied today.

Aristarchus

a Greek mathematician, used Euclid's theory to calculate the distance between the Sun and the Moon.

pi

Archimedes, in turn, calculated ____ and created tools like the lever and the pulley.

1 CE

Invention of magnetic compass

100 CE

Invention of Negative numbers

265 CE

Date when north-south and east-west parallels in maps were introduced.

200 BCE

the first to use exponential formulas and scientific notation

Sumerians

Shang Dynasty

two civilizations that benefited from the wheel's invention as they advanced.

wheelbarrow

The ____, created by the Chinese in the first century CE, is one useful example of a wheel.

potter

The _____’s wheel, which was discovered in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 BCE

water

the ____ wheel, a hydrology invention made around 500 BCE.

Egyptians

Around 1500 BCE, the _______ were the first people to make glass

Syria

by 100 BCE, _____was a significant exporter of fine glassware.

Neolithic Era

During the _______, the Chinese were the first to domesticate the silkworm and mulberry trees for use in making cloth.

Indus River valley

Around 2500 BCE, cotton was woven and traded in the ________.

China

By 2500 BCE, Acupuncture started in ____.

Corpus Hippocraticum

a medical text written by the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates, was published in 400 BCE.

Galen

whose medical writings provided guidance for centuries to come

Erasistratus of Chios

who explained heart valves (250 CE), were two other notable Greek physicians