CRADLES OF EARLY SCIENCE
(Ancient, Middle and Modern Age)
INTRODUCTION
A number of technological innovations begun at the rise of intelligent human beings. As they
continue to advance and encounter problems down their path, they began inventing solutions to
make their life easier. They are responsible for how our world has changed and evolved throughout
the years; they are responsible for our civilization; they are responsible for how people live and the
known structure of our society.
Our five senses are vital for early humans to find their bearing and understand how things work
around them. The Egyptians were the pioneers that have explained the existence of our universe.
The earliest civilization known to recorded history started with the Egyptians and Sumerians five
millenniums ago. Have you wondered how these early civilizations pushed beyond their known
realities and explored the possibility of a universe, a concept that is alien to them? Here we shall
embark on a journey through time as we discuss the STS of the ancient, middle, and modern ages.
OBJECTIVES
After studying this module, you should be able to:
1. Describe the development of Science and Technology during Ancient, Middle, Modern
Ages;
2. Identify inventions and discoveries that changed the world over the course of history.
, Ancient Times
Sumerians Civilization
Writing:
• Cuneiform
Mathematics:
• Developed basic Algebra and Geometry
• devised the Sexagesimal number system, it is
a number system through which counting is in
units and intervals of sixty (60). This has
become the basis for graduating the
circumference of a circle to 360 degrees and
the sixty-minute equal graduations to an hour duration in time
Image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/12292148/Cuneiform_Tablet.jpg
Sumeria, found on the southernmost tip of the ancient Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE, is a great city with
a civilization known as Sumer. The concept of inventing the wheel came during 3500 B.C. the
Sumerian people are perplexed about the limitations on just how much weight humans can carry
over land. The idea came about to connect a non-moving platform to a rolling cylinder—the sail
and plow, which improved trade and farming.
The Sumerians introduced the 360-day calendar, and they devised the Sexagesimal number system,
it is a number system through which counting is in units and intervals of sixty (60). This has
become the basis for graduating the circumference of a circle to 360 degrees and the sixty-minute
equal graduations to an hour duration in time.
Sumerians developed the first writing system known as cuneiform. It utilizes word pictures and
triangular symbols that are carved on clay using wedge instruments and then left to dry. This was
used to keep records of things with great historical value or their everyday life.
(Ancient, Middle and Modern Age)
INTRODUCTION
A number of technological innovations begun at the rise of intelligent human beings. As they
continue to advance and encounter problems down their path, they began inventing solutions to
make their life easier. They are responsible for how our world has changed and evolved throughout
the years; they are responsible for our civilization; they are responsible for how people live and the
known structure of our society.
Our five senses are vital for early humans to find their bearing and understand how things work
around them. The Egyptians were the pioneers that have explained the existence of our universe.
The earliest civilization known to recorded history started with the Egyptians and Sumerians five
millenniums ago. Have you wondered how these early civilizations pushed beyond their known
realities and explored the possibility of a universe, a concept that is alien to them? Here we shall
embark on a journey through time as we discuss the STS of the ancient, middle, and modern ages.
OBJECTIVES
After studying this module, you should be able to:
1. Describe the development of Science and Technology during Ancient, Middle, Modern
Ages;
2. Identify inventions and discoveries that changed the world over the course of history.
, Ancient Times
Sumerians Civilization
Writing:
• Cuneiform
Mathematics:
• Developed basic Algebra and Geometry
• devised the Sexagesimal number system, it is
a number system through which counting is in
units and intervals of sixty (60). This has
become the basis for graduating the
circumference of a circle to 360 degrees and
the sixty-minute equal graduations to an hour duration in time
Image: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/12292148/Cuneiform_Tablet.jpg
Sumeria, found on the southernmost tip of the ancient Mesopotamia, 3500 BCE, is a great city with
a civilization known as Sumer. The concept of inventing the wheel came during 3500 B.C. the
Sumerian people are perplexed about the limitations on just how much weight humans can carry
over land. The idea came about to connect a non-moving platform to a rolling cylinder—the sail
and plow, which improved trade and farming.
The Sumerians introduced the 360-day calendar, and they devised the Sexagesimal number system,
it is a number system through which counting is in units and intervals of sixty (60). This has
become the basis for graduating the circumference of a circle to 360 degrees and the sixty-minute
equal graduations to an hour duration in time.
Sumerians developed the first writing system known as cuneiform. It utilizes word pictures and
triangular symbols that are carved on clay using wedge instruments and then left to dry. This was
used to keep records of things with great historical value or their everyday life.
