Hanging Gardens of Babylon – West Asian science
Assurbanipal in the garden (see his enemy's head hanging in the tree?) One of the Seven Wonders Nobody knows for sure when or where the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were [...]
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09, 2017
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09, 2017
History of glass – Who invented glass?
Obsidian: naturally occurring glass History of glass: Glass beads from Old Kingdom Egypt, about 2700-2500 BC People have been using naturally occurring glass since the Stone Age, when they wanted an [...]
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07, 2017
Who invented paper? Ancient China and the history of paper
History of paper: Early Chinese paper Paper invented in China Since the invention of writing, people had been trying to come up with something easier to write on than papyrus or parchment, and also [...]
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06, 2017
Why was the cotton gin important? American History
Model of Indian cotton gin (1100s AD) How did people get the seeds out of cotton? When people in India first started to grow cotton, they picked the seeds out [...]
