Historical Antecedents of Science and Technology: in The World and in The Philippines

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HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


IN THE WORLD and IN THE PHILIPPINES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this topic, the students should


be able to:
➢ trace the historical development of science and
technology in the world and in the Philippines; and
➢ discuss how scientific and technological
developments affect society.
When did science begin?
Where was it invented?
❑Science has existed since the dawn of
human existence.
❑Science per se may have started
among the pre-Socratic philosophers of
the 6th century BCE in what is now
Turkey and Greece.
What is technology?

techne + logos = technology

(art, craft) (word, speech)


A Glimpse of the History of Science and
Technology
Science and Technology in the Ancient World
Pre-historic Science
The primitive man must have:
Pre-historic Science
The primitive man must have:
Pre-historic Science
The primitive man must have:
Pre-historic Science
The primitive man must have:
STONE AGE Pre-historic cultural stage
Creation and use of stone

BRONZE AGE Development of material culture


among ancient people
Learnt to produce and utilize
bronze tools and weapons
Final technological and cultural
IRON AGE
stage
Metal replaced bronze in
implements and weapons
Ancient Times
Paleolithic Period

STONE AGE Mesolithic Period


(2.5 million years ago- 3000 BC)

Neolithic Period

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

➢ Longest phase of human history

➢ Humans were hunter-gatherers, who lived in small,


nomadic groups.
➢ Use tools made of stones, flints, bones and antlers

Ancient Times
STONE AGE

Paleolithic Period

Lower Middle Upper


Paleolithic Paleolithic Paleolithic
Period Period Period

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

Marked the age of human


evolution
Lower
Paleolithic
Period

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

Marked the age of human evolution

Development of simple tools


Lower like stone choppers
Paleolithic
Period
Oldowan Stone tool

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

Marked the age of human evolution

Development of simple tools like stone choppers

Lower
Australopithecus emerged
Paleolithic
Period Old stones made by Homo
Erectus was discovered

Ancient Times
STONE AGE

Paleolithic Period

Lower Middle Upper


Paleolithic Paleolithic Paleolithic
Period Period Period

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

Encompasses the cultural


development of Neanderthal man
Middle Cavemen, which used fire, stone
Paleolithic tools of flake types for hunting
Period and bone implements such as
needles
Evidence of painting of the dead

Ancient Times
STONE AGE

Paleolithic Period

Lower Middle Upper


Paleolithic Paleolithic Paleolithic
Period Period Period

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Paleolithic Period

Variety culture of Homo Sapiens


groups
Upper Communal hunting, extensive
Paleolithic fishing
Period
Supernatural beliefs, cloth sewing,
sculpture, painting and
ornamentals of out bones and
horns
Ancient Times
STONE AGE Mesolithic Period

➢ Gradual transition in how human lives that can be


attributed to the retreat of glaciers and growth of
forests and deserts
➢ Learn fishing along rivers and lake shores, make
pottery and use of bow.
➢ Gradual transition from food gathering to agriculture

Ancient Times
STONE AGE Neolithic Period

➢ Cultural and technological development based on


agriculture
➢ Wide domestication plants (rice, corn, beans) and
animals (goats, cattle, sheep, pigs)
➢ Use of stone tools, pottery and weaving
➢ Rise of urban civilization

Ancient Times
BRONZE AGE

➢ Tools and weapons were widely made with copper


and bronze
➢ Smelting
➢ Blended copper and tin
➢ Stronger material

➢ Use of bronze tools

Ancient Times
IRON AGE

➢ Tools and weapons were widely made with iron


➢ Smelting pits made advancement to produce higher
temperature that could smelt the iron ore.

Ancient Times
MIDDLE AGES
(450 AD-1450 AD)

From DARKNESS TO LIGHT


MIDDLE AGES, MEDIEVAL
TIMES, DARK AGES: WHAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE?
❑They are generally referring to the
same period of time.
❑There are a lot of Roman culture and
knowledge that was lost.
❑There were no central government
recording events.
MIDDLE AGES, MEDIEVAL
TIMES, DARK AGES: WHAT'S
THE DIFFERENCE?
❑Black death happened
❑Catholic church was the most powerful
institution
❑Islamic world was growing larger and
more powerful
Asian Civilization during Medieval
Period
CHINA

AGRICULTURE AND FARMING


FARMING SILK PRODUCTION
SCIENCE PHYSICS,
ASTRONOMY,
MATHEMATICS,
MEDICAL BIOLOGY
Asian Civilization during Medieval
Period
CHINA

TECHNOLOGY PAPER
SEISMOGRAPH
GUN POWDER
PRINTING PRESS
COMPASS
Asian Civilization during Medieval
Period
iNDIA

SCIENCE INFORMATION ON DRUGS


AND DISEASES
ASTRONOMY
YEARS WAS DIVIDED INTO
12 MONTHS
PRACTICED
MATHEMATICAL
EQUATIONS AND VALUES
Civilization during Medieval Period

EUROPE

ECONOMY FEUDAL SYSTEM


EDUCATION CATHEDRAL
SCHOOLS
Civilization during Medieval Period

EUROPE

TECHNOLOGY HORSE-COLLARS
CLOCK/WATCH
MAGNETIC COMPASS
WATER-MILL
WINDMILL
GUN POWDER
CANNON
RENAISSANCE ERA: WHAT'S
IN IT?

❑Great intellectual and economic change


❑Fervent period of European culture,
arts, politics and economics.
❑"rediscovery"
❑Bridge the gap between the middle ages
and modern-day civilization.
Civilization during Renaissance
Period
Maya Civilization

INFRASTRUCTURE PYRAMIDS
HOSES, POLES AND
LEAVES
LARGE SCULPTURE
SCIENCE COCOA BEANS
Civilization during Renaissance
Period
Maya Civilization

ASTRONOMY SOLAR CALENDAR


HEAVENLY BODIES

TECHNOLOGY CLOTH WEAVING


Civilization during Renaissance
Period
INCA CIVILIZATION

INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD PAVED


STONES
STONE BUILDING

ASTRONOMY DECIMAL COUNTING


CALENDAR
QUIPU
Civilization during Renaissance
Period
INCA CIVILIZATION

AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION
SYSTEM
CHILI AND
AVOCADO
LLAMA AND
ALPACA WOOLS
Civilization during Renaissance
Period
AZTEC CIVILIZATION

INFRASTRUCTURE HIGH TEMPLES

ASTRONOMY DECIMAL COUNTING


SOLAR CALENDAR
Civilization during Renaissance
Period
AZTEC CIVILIZATION

OTHERS EDUCATION
CHOCOLATES
ANTIPASMODIC
CHINAMPA

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