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1. The document discusses the historical antecedents of science and technology in ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese civilizations. It describes how each civilization made important contributions through inventions, discoveries, and architectural innovations. 2. In ancient Greece, important developments included Plato's alarm clock, watermills, theaters, lever systems, and the cervical screening Pap smear test. The Olympics also originated in ancient Greece. 3. Ancient Roman contributions discussed are newspapers known as gazettes, bound books or codices, numerical systems, and sophisticated architectural styles. In ancient China, key inventions were silk, tea, gunpowder, porcelain, and the Great Wall

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Sts Chapter 1 Ancient 2

1. The document discusses the historical antecedents of science and technology in ancient Greek, Roman, and Chinese civilizations. It describes how each civilization made important contributions through inventions, discoveries, and architectural innovations. 2. In ancient Greece, important developments included Plato's alarm clock, watermills, theaters, lever systems, and the cervical screening Pap smear test. The Olympics also originated in ancient Greece. 3. Ancient Roman contributions discussed are newspapers known as gazettes, bound books or codices, numerical systems, and sophisticated architectural styles. In ancient China, key inventions were silk, tea, gunpowder, porcelain, and the Great Wall

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STS AND

CIVILIZATION
Historical Antecedents in the course of Science and
Technology
GREEK
CIVILIZATION
Historical Antecedents in the course of Science and Technology
GREECE

-located at
southeast part of
Picture of greece here
Europe

- known for in-


depth works on
philosophy and
mathematics
ALARM CLOCK

- Do not resemble to the modern alarm Pic of PLATO’S ALARM


clock but has the same purpose: To tell CLOCK
an individual when to start or stop.
- They made use of water (or sometimes
small stones or sand) that dropped into
drums which sounded the alarm.
- Commonly used in agricultural processes like
milling of grains to be used in food processing.
- Because of this, the mass production of rice,
cereals, flours and the like become common.
- Watermills were considered better than mills
powered by farm animals.

Water
Pic of uruk city
mill
The first record of the The modern Olympic
Olympics being started in 1896
played was on the by Pierre de
big and wide plains of Coubertin after been
Olympia in ancient extensively inspired by
Greece in 776 B.C. the ancient Olympics.

OLYMPICS
ENTER PICTURE HERE  Enter his/her hobby here.
THEATER
- they not only invented
theatres but also created
multiple genres like pic
tragedy, comedy and the
satirical ones.
- The plays began to be
performed in the ancient
theatres in Athens, and
later other cities began to
build them.
LEVER

- Invented by the Greek


mathematician Archimedes
in 260 BC, it used the pulley
system to lift heavier objects.
PAP SMEAR

- George Papanikolaou
a veteran of Greece’s medical
corps created the cervical
screening method. This test detects
the cervical changes before cancer
actually develops.
GREEK
PHILOSOPHERS
ROMAN
CIVILIZATION
Historical Antecedents in the course of Science and Technology
ROME
- Perceived to be the
strongest political and
social entity in the west.
pic
- Considered to be the
cradle of politics and
governance.
- Aside from politics, a lot of
discoveries and inventions
can be attributed to them
Newspaper

- known as GAZETTE

- Contains
announcements of the
Picture of babylonia here
roman empire to the
people.

- Made before the


invention of paper,
gazettes were engraved
in metal or stone and
publicly displayed.
BOUND BOOKS OR CODEX

- Due to advent of paper,


civilizations became fond of
record keeping of historical events pic
and laws.
- Julius Caesar started the tradition
of stacking up papyrus to form
pages of a book, thus needed to
be covered and protected (wax
and animal skin)
Numerals
- Roman devised their
own number system to
address the need for a
standard counting
method that would meetPicture of babylonia here
their increasing
communication and
trade concerns

- Devised also to
maintain its power and
status worldwide
Roman
Architecture

- showcases the rich


architectural style of
the Roman Empire Picture of babylonia here

- Sophisticated and
detailed design shows
the prominence of
Roman civilization in
the history
Roman
Architecture

- showcases the rich


architectural style of
the Roman Empire Picture of babylonia here

- Sophisticated and
detailed design shows
the prominence of
Roman civilization in
the history
ANCIENT
CHINESE
CIVILIZATION
Historical Antecedents in the course of Science and Technology
Chinese
Civilization
- The oldest
Asian
Civilization

- Also known as
the “middle
kingdom”, China
is located on the
far east of Asia
SILK
- Harvested from
silkworms, Chinese were
the ones who developed
the technology to harvest
silk and process it to
produce paper and
clothing.
TEA
- It was believed that the first tea
was drunk by a Chinese
emperor.
- Chinese inventor created a
machine that is able to shred tea
leaves using a wheel-based
mechanism with sharp edges
attached to a wooden ceramic
pot.
GREAT WALL OF CHINA

- This was constructed to keep


foreign invaders and control pic
the borders of China.
- Made with stone, brick,
wood, soil and other
materials.
- Originally, it was developed by Chinese
alchemists who aimed to achieve immortality.
- They mix charcoal, sulfur, Potassium Nitrate, but
instead of creating an elixir of life, they
accidentally invented a black powder that could
generate heat and gas
- They also believed that beauty was a sign of
holiness and wearing make up can protect them
from evil spirits.
Gun
powder
- Porcelain is regarded as a specific kind of
ceramic that is manufactured in higher
temperature ranges.
- Porcelain originated from China, It arrived in 16th
century BC from the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC－
1046

porcelain

Pic of kohl
What is the primary
concern of Sumerians,
Babylonian and
Egyptian in developing
and discovering
technology?
REFLECTION Share some Filipino
technology that you
know, that we can be
proud of.

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