CRADLES OF EARLY SCIENCE

SCIENCE IN MESOAMERICA
Mayan Civilization
- works in Astronomy,
incorporated into their temples
and other religious structures.
- eclipse prediction
- astrological cycles in planting
and harvesting
- complicated calendar system
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Mayan Civilization
rainbow of glittery paints
from mica
Mayan hieroglyphics
number system based on 20
concept of zero
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Inca Civilization
irrigation system and
technique for storing water
for their crops to grow in all
types of land
calendar with 12 months to
mark their religious festivals
and prepare them for
planting season.
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Inca Civilization
the first suspension bridge
quipu, a system of knotted
ropes to keep records that only
experts can interpret.
Inca textiles since cloth was
one of the specially prized
artistic achievements
Aztec Civilization

Mandatory education
Chocolates
Antipasmodic medication
Aztec calendar
Invention of canoe
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INDIA
Bisht (1982), tried to standardize
measurement of length, designed a
ruler, Mohenja-daro ruler
Aryabhata (476 -550) introduced a
number of trigonometric functions,
tables, and techniques, as well as
algorithms of Algebra.
Brahmagupta suggested that gravity
was a force of attraction
 INDIA
Madhava is considered as
the founder of
Mathematical analysis.
iron and metallurgical
works
medicine, Ayurveda
Susruta Samhita
spherical self supporting
Earth
360 days, 12 months, 30
days
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China
Traditional medicines
Compass
Papermaking and Printing tools
Gunpowder
Wheelbarrow
Propeller
Different models of bridges
First seismological detector
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Middle East Countries
- Islam, Arabic language
- Access to Greek text
-Science experiments
rather than thought
experiment
- Scientific method,
Empirical observations
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MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
Al Hasan ibn Al-Haytham-Father of Optics
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
gave his name to the concept of the algorithm.
-Algebra is derived from Al-jabr
-Arabic Numerical System,
-Modern Chemistry And Science of
Experimental Medicine
SCIENCE IN AFRICA
Development of Geometry
Egyptians Pyramid
and Early Dams
Egypt– center of Alchemy
Metallurgy
Three types of calendar
(lunar, solar, stellar)
Lebombo bone
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