Rise of 20th Century Science

Rise of 20th Century Science

1. Which are the ages and periods of human history? What defines them?

2. Where did cities emerge, and why? What does ‘civilization’ mean, according to you?

3. When was writing invented and what writing systems do we have?

4. What was the knowledge system of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China?

5. How did knowledge relate to religion, the economy, and to everyday life?

6. How did Greek science differ from other knowledge systems, and why?

7. Who were the ‘scientists’ in Ancient Greece? How did they work?

8. Where was the center of Hellenistic science? Can you describe the place?

9. How did science survive the fall of the Roman Empire and the Dark Age?

10. How did science develop in the Arab Caliphate? What did scholars work on?

11. How were medieval universities organized? How were science and religion related?

12. What was necessary for printing to develop? Who invented it, and how?

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Book: SCIENCE+TECHNOLOGY IN WORLD HISTORY
ISBN: 9781421417752