Ancient Science: Direction For New Technology?
                     Ancient 
Science: 
Direction for 
New 
Technology
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Ancient Science: Direction for New 
Technology
What is ancient science and 
how does it help us to 
understand its impact on 
modern science? Ancient 
technology describes the tools, 
architecture, and science of 
ancient civilizations. 
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Ancient Science: Direction for New 
Technology
Ancient science is 
philosophical and was often 
developed by ancient cultures 
such as the Mesopotamians, 
Egyptians, Greeks, and 
Romans. Ancient technology 
was usually related to science 
or engineering.
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Ancient Science: Direction for New 
Technology
While it is normal for humans 
to use the most efficient 
methods available, in many 
cases ancient people built the 
most efficient devices possible 
with their limited knowledge 
and resources. 
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Ancient Science: Direction for New 
Technology
Advances in ancient science and 
technology are somewhat difficult 
to study because they are almost 
always documented only 
indirectly through historical 
records and through discussions 
of modern historians who write 
about these societies. The study 
of ancient science is known as 
scientific historiography. 
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Ancient Craftsmen & Scientists
Technology's history dates 
back to antiquity. Tools and 
machines of ancient 
civilizations were the first 
technological advances and 
were built by the Sumerians, 
Ancient Egyptians, Chinese, 
Assyrians, Phoenicians, and 
others. 
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Ancient Craftsmen & Scientists
The Romans were skilled 
builders and their use of 
aqueducts and other water 
supply systems provided them 
a lasting influence on 
architecture. The earliest 
technology numbered tokens 
(3rd millennium BCE) used in 
commerce were no later than 
the 4th millennium BCE.
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Ancient Craftsmen & Scientists
The accumulated agricultural 
skill of the new stone age had 
made possible growth in 
population, and the larger 
population in turn created a 
need for the products of 
specialized craftsmen in a wide 
range of commodities. 
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Ancient Craftsmen & Scientists
These craftsmen did include a 
large number of metalworkers 
and particularly those dealing 
with soft metals, such as gold 
and copper, which could be 
fashioned by beating. Then 
people discovered the 
possibility of extracting certain 
other metals from the ores in 
which they occur.
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Innovation & Technology
The word innovation is of great 
importance in the history of 
technological development. 
During the middle ages, however, 
few such records of innovation 
exist. Hence, it is difficult to 
explain how particular innovations 
were introduced to western 
Europe.
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Innovation & Technology
Modern studies of medieval 
science have long been 
characterized by an interpretation 
in which medieval thinkers are 
believed to have relied almost 
entirely on classical authors. 
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Innovation & Technology
An alternative view is necessary 
to explain how especially 
remarkable achievements were 
made in several domains at a 
time when there was little or no 
direct contact between scholars in 
the Islamic world and western 
Europe. 
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Innovation & Technology
The evidence has been collected 
and analyzed by modern 
historians and some of its 
implications need to be analyzed 
for our understanding of medieval 
technology.
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Innovation & Technology
The problem of the transmission of 
technology has important 
consequences in understanding 
the processes of historical change. 
It has often been pointed out that 
the study of technological 
innovation is essential to any 
comprehensive analysis of 
civilization and to help understand 
the differences between ancient 
science vs modern science. 
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Innovation & Technology
The study provides an insight into a 
society’s needs and aspirations and 
how the civilizations worked on 
developing and transmitting 
knowledge through the generations. 
These ancient civilizations and 
technologies have supported modern 
science and advancements in 
technology. Each innovation has led to 
the next big innovation and supported 
other inventions too.
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