History of Indian medicine
Indian medicine: the Atharva Veda manuscript: an Indian medical book Early Indian medicine Medicine got an early start in India. Even in the Stone Age, about 5000 BC, dentists at Mehrgahr were [...]
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Ancient Indian Science and Math
Ancient Indian science: Mohenjo Daro (ca. 2000 BC) From the time of the Harappans to the time of the Islamic conquests, Indian scientists and mathematicians were leaders. Ancient Indian science especially stood out in mathematics and [...]
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India after the Mauryans
Rock-cut temples at Ajanta, India (100s BC) About 150 BC, the Mauryan Empire collapsed. India split up into a lot of small kingdoms. These small kingdoms were weak and so they were often [...]
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History of Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine: a Chinese village doctor treating a man by burning herbs on his back (Song Dynasty, ca. 950 AD., now in National Palace Museum, Taiwan) What's the earliest Chinese [...]
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Wang Mang and the Red Eyebrows – Eastern Han Dynasty
Anarchism/Daoism: Two sides of the same ... oh, wait In 9 AD, there was a short break in Han Dynasty control of China. A man named Wang Mang, who was [...]
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Qing Dynasty China – History of China – 1600s-1700s
Empress Xiaozhuang In 1644 AD, the Jurchen or Manchu people of Central Asia invaded China and got rid of the Ming Dynasty. The Manchu leaders took over ruling China. They called [...]
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What are vaccinations? Definition of vaccination
Children being vaccinated A vaccination is a way to keep animals (both people and other kinds of animals) from getting sick when viruses get inside their bodies. The earliest kind [...]
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What is a virus? Evolution and biology
The virus that causes AIDS (greatly magnified) HIV image copyright Russell Knightley Nobody is quite sure whether viruses are living things or not. The first living things may have come [...]
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Vaccination stories – Virus project
Talk to your grandparents about vaccinations Until the 1950s, most people never got any vaccinations at all. To see how much kids' lives have changed because of vaccination, find somebody [...]
