Science, Technology and

Society

Prepared by: Soriano, Diane Grace C.

 How society transforme
d by science and techn
ology in the following
periods?
• a. MesoAmerican b.Asian
• c.MiddleEast d.African
 How society transformed
by science and technolog
y in MesoAmerican civili
zation?
 Mesoamerican
• 1400 years.
• 1500 BC -1500 AD
• They knew how to make paper and had a
pictorial script ( often referred to as May
a hieroglyphs). This allowed the Maya to
record all knowledge on long strips of pa
per, which they folded harmonica style in
to books.
• Maya civili
zation
• Pictorial s
cript
• Maya hier
oglyphs
Dresden Codex

• One of the three r

escued Maya book
s believed to have
been produced in t
he 10th century.
 Position-Value
number system
with zero

• The greatest
scientific ach
ievement of
the Maya.
• The Maya civilization
made the greatest pro
gress in science and te
chnology among it's in
novation were the posi
tion-value number syst
em with zero, the deve
lopment of the most ac
curate known calendar,
the invention of rubber
and the corbelled arch.
ASIAN
Japan,China and India are some
of the most important countries
when it comes to technological
developments and contributions
to the world. Asia become
"powerhouse of technological i
nnovation".
One of their most imp
ortant contribution wa
s paper. Was actually d
eveloped in China aro
und 105 AD.
China is credited by m
any for inventing the c
ompass which navigat
e around the world.
Around 1000 AD the C
hinese invented the gu
npowder.
Thus, Asian civilization one of the mos
t notable for their contributions to sci
ence and technology.
 MIDDLE EAST
The middle east is an era of the
world that includes many countri
es such as Turkey, Israel, Saudi Ar
abia, Iran, and Iraq.
Their great contributi
ons to civilization incl
uded codes of law, wri
ting systems, mechani
cal inventions such as
the wheel, and the de
velopment of sciences
, such as astronomy, a
nd mathematics.
Wheels first appeared
in ancient Mesopota
mia, modern-day Iraq,
more than 5,000 years
ago. They were origin
ally used by potters to
help shape clay. Later,
wheels were fitted to
carts, which made mo
ving objects around m
uch easier
 Astronomy
The first major Muslim wo
rk of astronomy was Zij al-
Sindhind by Persian math
ematician al-Khwarizmi in
830. The work contains ta
bles for the movements of
the Sun, the Moon and th
e five planets known at th
e time. The work is signific
ant as it introduced Ptole
maic concepts into Islamic
sciences.
 AFRICANS
 Many advances in meta
llurgy and tool making
were made across the e
ntirely of ancient Africa.
These include steam eng
ines, metal chisels and s
aws, copper and iron to
ols and weapons, nails,
glue, carbon steel and b
ronze weapons and art
 Astronomy
Egyptians charted the mov
ement of the sun and const
ellations and the cycle of th
e moon. They divided the y
ear into 12 parts and devel
oped a year long calendar s
ystem containing 365¼ day
s.
 Clock were made with movi
ng water and sundial-like cl
ocks were used.
Thus, the Mesoamerican, Asian, M
iddle east and African periods
contributes to the progress and
Innovation of the society by sci
ence and technology.
 References
• https://www.scribd.com/document/401079689/Science

• http://www.physocean.icm.csic.es/science+society/lecture18.html#:~
:text=In%20Meso%2DAmerica%20the%20Maya,rubber%20and%20th
e%20corbelled%20arch.
Thank you!