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Once upon a time man was cold
So he invented fire
1,000,000 BC??
He used fire and tools to invent
60,000 BC
And so process of innovation beganEgyptians: Twisted Rope
17,000 BC
Then the Wheel Ancient Sumer (modern Iraq)
5,000 BC
Papyrus (Paper) Ancient Chinese & Egyptians
4,000 BC
Cataract surgeryAncient India
6th century BCE
Printing – movable typeAncient Chinese
Song Dynasty: 960 – 1279 AD
Gun PowderAncient Chinese
1044 AD
Torsion catapultAncient Greeks
Screw, GearsAncient Greeks
Trigonometric functions (adapted from Greeks)
5th century AD
AbacusAncient Romans
AqueductAncient Romans
Human Civilization rests on
Language
ReligionsScience and Innovations
Cuisine
Transportation
Social CustomsArchitecture
Science and Innovations
Industry and Agriculture
There were innovations in each area
After the Greeks & Romans there were the Dark ages for 1000 years
Now the turn of the Muslimsand their Golden Civilization
Abu al-Qasim al-ZahrawiFather of Modern Surgery, Spain
11th century
Jabir Ibn Haiyan - 721-815 CE
Father of Chemistry
Ar-Razi – 9th CenturyFather of Pediatrics
IbnIbn –– KhaldunKhaldun –– 13321332--14061406
Father of Modern Sociology
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) – 980 CEFather of Medicine
Father of Clinical Pharmacology
Ibn al-Haytham 965-1039 CEFounder of Optics
Study of Light
Mathematics, Arabic Numbering System and number Zero
The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qānūnfī al-ṭibb)
The most famous single book in the history of medicine in both East and West.
RenaissanceThe revival of art and literature started
in Europe
14th–16th centuries
Industrial Revolution18th-19th Century starting in Europe
and then America
Changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and
technology
Combustion Engine
Telegraph
Telephone
Lightbulb
Thomas Edison
Airplane
Modern Flushing Toilet
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming1928
Personal Computer
World Wide Web
Which led to 21st century Innovations
Cell phone/Smart phone
Most inventions today result ofIndustrial and Information Revolution
Human Civilization
ChineseWestern
But they are all interconnected: Innovation Web
GreekIslamic
IndianRoman
Byzantine
Persian
Egyptian
So go ahead
Innovate!
Make the world a better place
References
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