Brisbane Boys' College Library: Year 10: Term 3: Technology, Innovations and Inventions

Other ancient calendars - A variety of calendars - look through the list on the left for more specific information on calendars from various cultures.

History of the calendar

ancient compass - Google Search | Ancient china, Magnetic compass, Ancient

Compass: National Geographic

Compass history - follow the links to either the magnetic compass and /or the invention of the compass

How the compass affected world history

A history of the magnetic compass

Britannica guide to inventions: The clock

Preservation Self-Assessment Program (PSAP) | Papyrus

History of paper-making: Britannica - scroll to the bottom of the page

World Wide Paper and Pulp Supply: History

Egyptian

The invention of paper

Papyrus-making in Egypt

Egyptian papyrus

Chinese

Chinese paper-making

Paper in Ancient China

History of paper - a Chinese invention?

Coin: 50 Yuan (Chinese Inventions - Suspension Bridge) (China, People's Republic) (1992~1996 - Inventions and Discoveries) WCC:km917

Providing a connection through history - Shanghai Daily

Suspension Bridge - How products are made

Invention of Suspension Bridges by the Chinese, 1900 years ago - California Digital Newspaper Collection

LearNZ: Polynesian navigation

NZ History: Encounters p. 2 - Pacific voyaging and discovery

Hokulea.com: In Search of the Ancient Polynesian Voyaging Canoe

Personalities

Gale Academic OneFile database: Archimedes

University of Alaska: Archimedes

Archimedes: the first modern type of physicist in ancient time

Eureka! Archimedes knew a lot more than we give him credit for...

Archimedes (Print book)
Call Number: 510.92 ARC
Archimedes of Syracuse (287 BCE-212 HCE) was so ahead of his time that even now we take many of his discoveries for granted. He calculated properties of circles, spheres, cylinders, and cones, writing equations that we still use today. He Calculated [ ] and came very close to discovering calculus, nearly heating Sir Isaac Newton by 2,000 years. He discovered why things float or sink. He learned why levers work. This creative genius saw math everywhere, from seashells to the fearsome war machines-like the catapult, missiles, and even a mirrored laser-he made to defend his hometown from Roman Navy. In the mind of this master of thought, math truly held the secrets to the universe. Book jacket.
Archimedes (Print book)
Call Number: 510.92 ARC
In today's modern world of airplanes, satellites, and submarines, science owes much to a mathematician who lived more than 2,000 years ago. This great genius was the Greek scholar Archimedes. A brilliant and sometimes funny man, Archimedes left the world a tremendous legacy.

Appius Claudius Caecus | eHISTORY | Roman history, Ancient rome, Ancient history

Appius Claudius Caecus - Britannica

The political aims of Appius Claudius Caecus - JSTOR article

Appius Claudius Caecus and the Via Appia - JSTOR article

Appius Claudius Caecus - Gale Academic

Thales of Miletus - Britannica

Thales of Miletus - Ancient History Encyclopedia

Thales of Miletus - Science Direct

Thales of Miletus - Biography

Medical Innovations

Medieval Medical Books Could Hold the Recipe for New Antibiotics | Ancient Origins

Medicine in the ancient world - Ancient History Encyclopedia

Ancient medicines and procedures still used today

Ancient medicine

History of medicine - Britannica

Ancient Medicine (Print book)
Call Number: 610.93 LAN
Did prehistoric people and the ancient civilizations understand health and disease? Did they make any advances in medical knowledge? This books explains that humans faced new challenges when they began to live together in large communities. It shows how some physicians realized that disease might have natural causes, not supernatural ones, and so could be treated by natural methods and prevented by improving public health
Ancient Medical Technology (Print book)
Call Number: 609.3 WOO
Doctors in ancient Peru performed brain surgery. Ancient Greek doctors ran medical schools. the ancient Indians knew how to protect people from smallpox. Learn how ancient medicine set the stage for our own modern medical technology.

Ancient Greek medicine - Wikipedia

Ancient Greek medicine - Ancient History Encyclopedia

What is Ancient Greek Medicine? - Medical News Today

Medicine in Ancient Greece - Maryville University

Health Care Practices in Ancient Greece: The Hippocratic Ideal - Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine

List of Inventions and Discoveries in Medicine During the Islamic Golden Age - Materia Islamica

How early Islamic science advanced medicine

How Islam changed medicine

Medieval Islamic medicine: Influences, thinkers and anatomy

Science, medicine and everyday life in the Islamic World - BBC Bitesize

A Medical Journey to Ancient Rome – Brewminate

Ancient Roman Medicine - Medical News Today

Roman Medicine

Roman Medicine: An Overview - Ancient History Encyclopedia

The Strange History of Roman Medical Treatments

What Is Trepanation? | Live Science

Why our ancestors drilled holes in each other's skulls - BBC

Trephination - Ancient History Encyclopedia

Trepanation: The history of one of the world's oldest surgeries

Curiosities of medical history: Trepanation - Medical News Today

ONESearch Database Explorer

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Architecture - Roads, Aqueducts etc

Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

Smithsonian Institution: Pyramids

Khan Academy: Pyramids

Standing Tall: Egypt's great pyramids - National Geographic

The Pyramids of Giza

Parthenon - Wikipedia

Parthenon

Parthenon - Ancient History Encyclopedia

Unlocking mysteries of the Parthenon - Smithsonian

Ancient Romans used molten iron to repair their stone-paved roads

Roman roads

Roman road system - Britannica

Why were the Roman roads so important and who built them?

8 ways roads helped Rome rule the ancient world

Roman Aqueducts: The Dawn of Plumbing - Kids Discover

National Geographic: Aqueducts - Quenching Rome's Thirst

UNRV: Ancient Roman Aqueducts

Vassar University: What Roman Aqueducts Can Reveal

Vassar University: How Rome Got Its Water

Roman Aqueducts - Primary Sources

Time periods

Neolithic Revolution

Neolithic Revolution - HISTORY

Neolithic Revolution: Britannica - Use Ctrl F to find the section on the Neolithic Revolution

Neolithic Revolution - National Geographic

Neolithic Revolution - Khan Academy

Neolithic Revolution

Societies

Aboriginal Culture: Tools, utensils and weapons

Austhrutime: Aboriginal weapons and tools

Swan Valley Anglican Community School: Ancient Australians
Choose the boxes 'Tools' and 'Weapons'.

Made In China: Chinese Inventions That Changed the World

China Bridge: Secrets of Lost Empires

10 Inventions from China's Han Dynasty that changed the world

Top 20 Ancient Chinese Inventions

Made in China: Chinese inventions that changed the world

Columbia University: Asia for Educators

Ancient Egyptian technology - Wikipedia

Ancient Egyptian science and technology

Ancient Egyptian technology and inventions - Interesting Engineering

Ancient Egyptian technology

Greek Fire: The Byzantine Empire's Secret Weapon the Ancient World Feared | The National Interest

Ancient Greek technology

Ancient Greek inventions

Top 10 inventions and discoveries of Ancient Greece that are remarkably used today

11 Greek inventions that changed the world for good

Contribution of Muslims in Modern Inventions | Almillat.com

CNN: Moslem Inventions That Shaped the Modern World

Encyclopedia.com: The Technology of the Medieval Islamic World

20 Muslim inventions that shaped our world

What Did the Romans Really Do For Us? - HistoryExtra

10 Innovations that build Ancient Rome

19 greatest inventions of the Roman Empire that helped shape the modern world

10 Ancient Roman inventions that will surprise you

Useful Databases

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Gale Academic Onefile This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window

Useful Ebooks

Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
Check these chapters:
1. Calendars and Timekeeping
2. Producing and Processing Food and Clothing
Ancient Water Technologies
Provides valuable insights into the water technologies developed in ancient civilizations which are the underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and management practices.
Great Bridges
From an expert in the field, this wide-ranging study which looks at stone viaducts in Roman Iberia.
The Great Archimedes
Provides fresh insights into one of the greatest minds in the history of humankind. Archimedes (ca 287 BCE-ca 212 BCE) was a mathematician, physicist, scientist, inventor and engineer. He not only explored the displacement of water and sand, worked out the principle of levers, developed an approximation of pi, discovered ways to determine the areas and volumes of solids, and invented the monumental Archimedes' screw (a machine for raising water).
The Britannica Guide to Inventions That Changed the Modern World
Ancient inventors discussed include: Imhotep (Step pyramid);