The Inventions I learned about this week Universities Wine presses (ðŸ·) Ribbed Vault Chimney Universities Universities’ impact on history was that it was helpful to teach people. But now do to inflation, it is not as good a help as no collage. It was funded buy the church and the students had full control over …
Category Archives: History 4
History Lesson #50
Names of the people I learned about from lessons 46-49 Al-Kindi Al-Khwarizmi (al-khwahr-iz-mee(dictionary.com)) Al-Razi Al-hazen All of the people we are talking about wrote books and were authors. Al-Kindi, Al-Khwarizmi, and Al-Razi all went to Baghdad for school. Al-Kindi Al-kindi was a person that helped spread the Arabic numeral system. He was a teacher at …
History lesson #45
How The Roman Empire‘s collapse led to new (Forest) glass “Glass” I say. “was invented in the Roman Empire and was very popular in the entire empire. Roman glass was very clear and colorless. Then the empire collapsed. It declined in use for a while. Then it picked up again in the middle ages.” “This …
History lesson #40
My favorite lesson in History 4, up to lesson 40. My favorite lesson in History 4, up to lesson 40 was the crossbow. The crossbow is easier to use. You can train an army to use crossbows in a week. Bow and arrows take longer to train people to use. Crossbows are easier to fire, …
History lesson #35
Numerous small inventions can have an impact on a culture over time. There are a few inventions I will talk about with three groups of people. Egyptian, Greek, and Christian. Wheelbarrow (Greek VS. Christian only) Plow Crane (Egyptian VS. Greek only) Wheelbarrow (Greek VS. Christian only) The wheelbarrow was probably used by more by slaves …
How to make a compass
Here is what you need to make a compass: A needle A cork A small bowl of water (make one below) A piece of magnetic rock (or magnet) Here is how you make a compass Step 1: First, you need to magnetize your needle. To do that, you need your needle, and your magnetic rock …
History Lesson #30
The Compass: Europe vs. China The Chinese used the compass to build their buildings pointing to North. The ans used them to navigate the sea. The Egyptians might have used the compass to to align their pyramids to north. Or they used the Nile’s flowing North to align their pyramids to North. Christopher Columbus used …
History lesson #25
Introduction There are two parts to this essay. #1: two simple machines used in my life. #2: An aspect of nature that has captured my interest and can also be an invention. Part 1: two simple machines used in my life Wheel and Axle The wheel and axle are used in cars, wagons, and almost …
History lesson #20
Introduction This essay is divided into three parts. Part one: How the Christian monks helped preserve and restore civilization after the Roman Empire collapsed and some inventions that they used to do so. Part two: a summary of the inventions I learned about in the past week. And lastly, part three: My favorite lesson in …
History lesson #15
Topic: How new building tools impacted architecture. Ancient I am going to use the example of the crane, which I studied in History 4, lesson #11. The crane improved architecture because cranes give one the ability to lift more with the same strength. There are a few parts to a crane. The boom is one, …