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- The application of acoustics in technology is called acoustical engineering ... expression. The development of acoustic technology has also been important ...7 KB (998 words) - 07:44, 14 June 2023
- built sophisticated irrigation systems. Roman-style aqueducts were used ... Roman aqueducts were built in all parts of the Roman Empire, from ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- or object with human qualities. In technology and science, the behavior ... sites all over the world. Greek and Roman statuary, Mayan and Aztec ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city situated on Egypt's ... around the first century C.E., during the Roman period. Prior to that time ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 01:38, 26 October 2022
- was greatly interested in the European technology, geography, astronomy and ... Manchu learned European iron-smelting technology and acquired Western arms ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- the ancient Greek, Chaldean, Egyptian, and Roman civilizations, as well as ... Modern food processing technology was largely developed in the nineteenth ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- and the combined fields of science and technology. An individual scientist ... quot;. Given the limits of today's technology, that is good, because ...17 KB (2,292 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- began to emerge in China and the Roman Empire in the early years ... Primitive kiln technology is very old. Fired clay objects date back ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- | roman = X | unicode = X, x | greek prefix = deca-/deka- ... The Roman numeral for ten is X (which looks like two V's [the ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- Ball bearings were found on the Roman Nemi ships constructed in about ... *Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology. Rolling Bearing Analysis ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 04:21, 11 January 2023
- with various Hittite, Phrygian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archaeological ... many finely preserved remains of Greek, Roman and Byzantine architecture ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- | Roman numeral | I |- | Roman numeral (Unicode) | Ⅰ, ⅰ ... originates from similarity with the Roman numeral I. In some European ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- |right|250px|The Roman census was the most developed in the ancient ... perhaps displaying lack of faith in God). A Roman census is also mentioned ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- bridges. The arch was first used by the Roman Empire for bridges and aqueducts ... and mortar bridges were built after the Roman era, as the technology for ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- controlled areas has existed since at least Roman times. The cucumber was ... the seventeenth century in Europe, as technology produced better glass and ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 19:14, 28 November 2021
- others also espoused a love of speed, technology and violence. The car, ... the fascist state's tendency towards Roman imperial/classical aesthetic ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great, was Roman Emperor from 379-395. Reuniting ... the official state religion of the Roman Empire. However, Theodosius ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... as so indebted to the legacy of the Roman Empire, whose legacy continued ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- times the lack of modern printing technology resulted in a rich heritage ... rather than scribed, much like Arab and Roman calligraphy is often found ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- and create a healthful water supply for the Roman metropolis. In the fifteenth ... referenced information. GIS technology can be used for many applications ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- *The Roman number system was very cumbersome because there was no ... Category:Communications technology 163243563 ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 16:34, 5 January 2021
- attempt to be a harmonious combination of technology and nature. The unique travel experience that the Semmering Railway offered contributed significantly ...10 KB (1,532 words) - 09:44, 26 January 2023
- more practical areas of study, such as technology, or, in certain vocational ... physical sciences and developments in technology all helped to create a ...14 KB (2,013 words) - 07:46, 10 January 2024
- * The Roman numeral VI (usually) stands for the sixth-discovered satellite ... * The Roman numeral VI stands for subdwarfs in the Yerkes spectral ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- written as a report on the influence of technology on the notion of knowledge ... depends on the control of capital or technology) took power from the noble ...13 KB (1,834 words) - 16:21, 9 November 2022
- and Illyrians); the Western and the Eastern Roman Empires (challenged by the ... such as the Frankish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 05:59, 5 October 2022
- perceive and behave in order to develop technology, such as telephones and ... States at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked ...15 KB (2,203 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- popular since the development of internet technology. [[Image:Ebayheadquarters ... In the Roman Empire, following military victory, Roman soldiers would ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 05:57, 10 January 2023
- historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly ... warning of the destructive power of technology unharnessed by human oversight ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- of A.D. Lee, Information and Frontiers: Roman Foreign Relations in Late ... greatly influenced the development of technology, particularly in the area ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- *The Roman numeral for five is V, which comes from a representation ... * The Roman numeral V (usually) stands for the fifth-discovered satellite ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- | Roman = IX | unicode = Ⅸ, ⅸ | greek_prefix = ennea- ... | Roman numeral | IX |- | Roman numeral (Unicode) | Ⅸ, ⅸ ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- giving birth to the intricate system of Roman catacombs. Christian churches ... shape of certain animals. As time and technology advanced, many burial mounds ...18 KB (2,713 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- Spies were also prevalent in the Greek and Roman empires. In Asia, the importance ... The art of espionage was transformed as technology and information ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- Anthony; Latin, Marcus Antonius), was a Roman politician and general. He ... Mark Antony was especially criticized in Rome for betraying his Roman ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 16:00, 6 November 2022
- achieved fame for his invention of the technology of printing with movable ... John Lienhard, technology historian, wrote that "Most of Gutenberg ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 15:05, 1 August 2022
- Crete became a long standing colony of the Roman Empire. One of the most famous ... By the fall of the Roman Empire, most of the original structures were ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- god of fire, metals and metallurgy, and technology, including specifically ... . This early migration of Greek gods to Roman areas led to the creation ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 13:45, 9 February 2022
- modern geological data and contemporary technology. He liked the thrill of ... rare watches, furniture, and Greek and Roman art. In his collection were ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- to bronze, then steel during the Roman Era, to modern fabrics such ... types include the lorica segmentata of the Roman legions, the mail hauberk ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 03:50, 15 August 2023
- dating from the time of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egyptian history ... though gradually declining, town in the Roman and Byzantine periods. After ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- of its effects. Although much Greek and Roman classical poetry was written ... The Roman poet Catullus was influenced by Sappho as well as the Neoteric ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- In the past 20 years, the technology surrounding porcelain tiles and ... *Roman tiles - flat in the middle, with a concave curve at one end ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- its central place in the history of the Roman Empire, Rome has a significant ... in January is 55°F (13°C). The Roman ottobrate or "beautiful ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- | Roman numeral | VIII |- | Roman numeral (Unicode) | Ⅷ, ⅷ ... * October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar; currently August ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- during the Industrial Revolution, when technology was pushing the workforce ... * Kings College - King's College is a highly-ranked Roman Catholic ...23 KB (3,427 words) - 11:01, 7 March 2023
- of the shift from the ramp to the crane technology remain unclear, it has ... ===Ancient Roman cranes=== [[Image:Roemerkran.jpg|400px|thumb|Reconstruction ...36 KB (5,771 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- secure funding there, Marconi proved his technology and established his company ... relatively inefficient spark-transmitter technology, which could only be used ...27 KB (3,973 words) - 00:54, 7 March 2023
- no progress made from the time of the Roman system of aqueducts and lead ... Category:Construction technology 226861917 ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, dating back to the late prehistoric era ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- adopted the codex form, and in the Græco-Roman world, it became common to ... writing material in the Egyptian, Greek and Roman worlds. Papyrology entails ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- === Roman agriculture === [[Image:Mähmaschine.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A gallic-roman harvester ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
- * The Roman numeral IV (usually) stands for the fourth-discovered ... * The Roman numeral IV also stands for subgiant in the Yerkes spectral ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- wardrobe are staples of ancient Greek and Roman fashion. Bronwyn Cosgrave ... 1, 2006). Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Law and Technology Scholarship ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- circular apse on each end, is reminiscent of a Roman basilica. A series of robust double coffers in the ceiling provide a sculptural canopy to the room ...17 KB (2,587 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- 1963), was elected as the 261st pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch ... Pope John XXIII was instrumental in opening up the Roman Catholic ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- water wheels in mills spread throughout the Roman Empire over the next few ... Revolution in Medieval Europe," Technology and Culture 46 (1): 1–30. ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- fifth millennium B.C.E. up to the end of Roman rule in the fourth century ... * Childress, David H. Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences ...16 KB (2,384 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- C. Atkinson, "Neolithic science and technology," Philosophical Transactions ... by the Romans, and of standing stones. The Roman road between Marlborough ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023
- famous among these was Parker's "Roman cement" ... sets in 5-15 minutes. The success of "Roman Cement" led other manufacturers ...23 KB (3,479 words) - 23:48, 3 December 2023
- brought into use at about this time, by Roman settlers in North Africa ... in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- training to become a priest. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1524 at ... life-style. Their avoidance of modern technology stems from their theology ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 04:32, 9 November 2022
- history, military history, science, technology, children's museums ... the Ptolemies and, after Egypt came under Roman control, by the emperors ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Métayage was available under Roman law, although it was not ... halves. Thus the instrumentum fundi of Roman Law was combined within métayage ...20 KB (3,132 words) - 16:23, 14 February 2024
- Jupiter. Piazzi named it after Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. ... ===Latest technology: Detecting hazardous asteroids=== [[Image:Asteroid ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- | religion = Roman Catholic | footnotes = }} Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier ... Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2nd ed. New York: Doubleday ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 00:38, 11 August 2022
- matter how remote and lacking in modern technology. Such an interconnected ... In 1505, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I established a postal system ...32 KB (4,926 words) - 05:47, 30 November 2022
- patterned after the De architecture by the Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius ... papal palace and of the restoration of the Roman aqueduct of Acqua Vergine ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- *Hubert Curien - Minister of Research and Technology *Jean-Louis Bianco - Minister of Social Affairs and Integration title=Minister of Agriculture ...15 KB (2,117 words) - 06:17, 13 June 2023
- Roman Catholics made up 56.5 percent of Rwanda's population in ... The Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management, in Kigali ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- equipped with the latest manufacturing technology, and overseen by the elves ... who banned the holiday as either pagan or Roman Catholic. Following the English ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- Marx are evident, but More was a devout Roman Catholic and probably used ... it is believed that advanced science and technology will allow utopian living ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- invaders and invaded. For example, the Roman invasion and occupation of ... in government, religion, philosophy, and technology that shaped the development ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- speak and listen, and use numeracy and technology, at a level that enables ... ===Information and communication technology literacy=== ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- in natural resources, political economy, technology, and culture. Among the ... the most centralized denominations—the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal ...23 KB (3,330 words) - 22:50, 21 January 2023
- follow indigenous beliefs. Khartoum has Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Coptic ... Sudan University of Science and Technology, Bayan Science and Technology ...22 KB (3,228 words) - 22:57, 3 March 2023
- quality of human life, as advances in technology, diversity of people, and ... At the same time, the rise of computer technology, and particularly ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- he displayed an early interest in technology, graduating from Osaka ... everywhere; creative, written in Roman letters, short and catchy ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 07:15, 16 June 2023
- charities, initially Protestant and later Roman Catholic.National Dossier ... Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2006, [http://www.mext ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- mention bagpipes. Suetonius described the Roman Emporer Nero as a player ... musical sophistication and instrumental technology, bagpipes in many regions ...25 KB (3,916 words) - 05:41, 26 August 2023
- * The Roman numeral VII (usually) stands for the seventh-discovered ... * The Roman numeral VII stands for white dwarfs in the Yerkes spectral ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- #039;s views on the importance of technology for social organization ... steps toward his eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism, ...44 KB (6,751 words) - 16:15, 6 November 2022
- in Autotestcon 2006 Systems Readiness Technology Conference Proceedings ... approaches to the divine. For instance, Roman Catholic dogma concerning ...18 KB (2,675 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- ease travel in some way. Thus, many "Roman Roads" have the word ... ns/tech_02.shtml Discovering Roman Technology]. British Broadcasting ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2023
- era to mention here is the time of the Roman and Han empires. This is ... and the West in the general level of its technology, this flow chiefly benefited ...36 KB (5,269 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- of the Christian era, and by 106 C.E., this Roman settlement--Aquincum--became ... the European Institute of Innovation and Technology was planned for Budapest. ...27 KB (3,960 words) - 16:54, 22 November 2023
- century. The Muslims knew about the technology but didn't use it ... probable that the Far East printing technology diffused into Europe through ...36 KB (5,772 words) - 18:43, 29 April 2023
- Galileo came into conflict with the Roman Catholic Church of his day ... may have been the first to realize. (See Technology below.) ...28 KB (4,354 words) - 03:55, 18 April 2024
- |name = Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational ...42 KB (5,941 words) - 09:17, 10 March 2023
- #039;s expeditions and the formation of Roman Empire as its background ... everything from improved communications technology such as cell phones, television ...12 KB (1,700 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle ... suggesting that his break with the old Roman cult was not complete. Through ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- the same time, in the year 37 C.E., the Roman Emperor Caligula transferred ... (27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E.) Damascus and the Roman province of Syria in general ...36 KB (5,471 words) - 18:07, 24 January 2024
- imperial tradition. Open to Western technology, Emperor Kangxi, (or Kʻang ... Kangxi also was fond of western technology and tried to bring Western ...20 KB (3,209 words) - 02:38, 5 October 2022
- #039;s Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 2nd ed. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385177712. * Bidwell, W.H., (ed.). 1856. "Men ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 17:59, 27 July 2023
- circa 3800 B.C.E., and certainly existed in Roman times. They particularly ... from their third century B.C.E. origins the Roman collegia spread with the ...29 KB (4,314 words) - 03:51, 11 July 2023
- "Baroque" was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church which had ... of Trent (1545–1563), by which the Roman Catholic Church addressed ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- England it continued to be used to denote a Roman Catholic prayer book translated ... century, when advances in printing technology placed affordable editions ...20 KB (3,067 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Shklovsky, Yuri Tynianov, Boris Eichenbaum, Roman Jakobson, and Grigory Vinokur ... linguistic formalists (e.g. Lev Jakubinsky, Roman Jakobson). The adherents ...22 KB (3,136 words) - 18:18, 22 December 2022
- Rome to be fallen angels and the source of Roman cruelty and oppression. Stories ... gods of love (Aphrodite), music and technology (Apollo), and even gods ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Industrialization emphasized the role of technology. Many jobs were ... of materials, labor, land, and technology in such a way as to capture ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
