HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS
SCIENCE IN MESOAMERICA
Mayan Civilization
Works in Astronomy, incorporated into their temples and other religious structures.
Eclipse prediction
Astrological cycles in planting and harvesting
Complicated calendar system
Inca Civilization
Roads paved with stones
Irrigation system and technique for storing water for their crops to grow in all types of
land
Calendar with 12 months
Aztec
Mandatory education
Antipasmodic medication (passion flower)
Aztec calendar
Invention of canoe
SCIENCE IN ASIA
INDIA
Iron and metallurgical works
Medicine, Ayurveda
Notable in the field of Astronomy developed theories on the configuration of the
universe.
Sushruta Samhita Sushruta Samhita Surgeries
China
Traditional medicines
Compass
Papermaking and printing tools
Gunpowder
Middle East Countries
Abu Ali al Hasan ibn al-Haytham,
Father of Optics
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Gave his name to the concept of the algorithm.
Algebra is derived from Al-jabr
Arabic Numerical System, Modern Chemistry and Science of Experimental Medicine
Middle East Countries
Islam, Arabic language
Access to Greek text
Science experiments rather than thought experiment
Scientific method, Empirical observations
SCIENCE IN AFRICA
Development of Geometry
Egyptians Pyramid and Early Dams
Egypt– center of Alchemy
Metallurgy
Three types of calendar (lunar, solar, stellar)
Lebombo bone