The Four Great Inventions, which originated in China, also helped set the stage for the Renaissance to occur, and usher in the Age of Sail after they were relayed to Europe. As Francis Bacon, a British philosopher, has observed, "Printing, gunpowder and the compass ... whence have followed...
“Knowledge-of-knowing-the-world” can be roughly divided into two subcategories: (1) Knowledge of knowing the natural world. Nature has a vital importance to early human beings. Coupled with the fact that the laws of nature are relatively more stable and suitable for understanding, human being...
Seeing Greece of the Dark Ages (c. 1200-800 BC) as the kind of feudal society pictured in the Iliad, it not hard to imagine the new world of merchants and commerce with the same kind of dynamic that the Italian trading cities of the Renaissance exhibited in starting the process that und...
Why were Renaissance illuminated manuscripts important? What was the purpose of the Egyptian pyramids? Why is the temple at Karnak so famous? How did the pyramids influence architecture? Why is the Colosseum important? Why is Machu Picchu important?
Today, a number of factors have converged to bring about a renaissance in computer vision: Mobile technology with built-in cameras has saturated the world with photos and videos. Computing power has become more affordable and easily accessible. ...
Why did scholasticism die out? Why was the Colosseum important to the Romans? Why is Elizabethan theatre important? Why is The School of Athens quintessentially Renaissance? Why is the Dome of the Rock sacred? Why was the Palace of Knossos built?
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Why was the scientific revolution important? Why did Robert Anderson invent the electric car? Explain why the industrial revolution did not occur in France or any other European countries. Why did the Industrial Revolution start in Germany? Why were some nations quick to join the Industrial Revolut...
1 It does not occur to anyone to ask, say, Why did Christianity not develop in China, or Renaissance representational art in India? In religion and the arts we do not expect culture-neutral constructions. But since the same science is taught everywhere, and scientific knowledge is perceived ...
Why does the United States celebrate July 4, 1776? Why is it called the Harlem Renaissance? Why was the Civil War called the Civil War? Why was the 1918 flu pandemic called the Spanish flu? Why did the Red Scare happen? Why is the Soviet-Afghan War called the Cold War? Why was it...