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15 09, 2017

West Asian science – Mesopotamia and Iran

By |2019-09-04T05:49:39-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian science – Mesopotamia and Iran

The constellation Orion What did Mesopotamians invent? From the Stone Age through the Islamic empires, great scientific discoveries have streamed out of West Asia. West Asia is one of the places where farming got started, [...]

12 08, 2017

Chinook and malaria – American history

By |2017-08-12T17:47:19-07:00August 12th, 2017|History, Native American|Comments Off on Chinook and malaria – American history

A Chinook woman Because the Chinook lived so far north and west, they didn't have any contact with European invaders in the 1500s or 1600s AD. So we don't know much about what the Chinook [...]

16 07, 2017

What is an astrolabe? Greek science

By |2019-02-04T09:56:46-08:00July 16th, 2017|Greeks, Science|Comments Off on What is an astrolabe? Greek science

An Islamic astrolabe (832 AD) Who invented the astrolabe? About 140 BC, the Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Rhodes invented the science of trigonometry. What's trigonometry?  Greek astronomy History of astronomy All our [...]

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