Science & Technology in Ancient Civilizations

Science- cumulative inquiry into nature using the

scientific method or system of verifiable

concepts, methods, principles, theories and laws

which seek to understand, describe, explain, and

predict nature and its phenomena.

Technology - is the application of science.

SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

Meaning

Science is a

methodical way of

gaining knowledge

on a particular

subject, through

observation and

experiments.

Technology alludes to

the practical

application of the

scientific knowledge

for various purposes.

What is it?

It is the process of

exploring new

knowledge.

It is the use of laws of

science to create new

products.

Effect

It is useful

It can be useful or

harmful.

Change

May or may not be

changed

Changes continuously

Stresses on

Discovery

Invention

Deals with

Study of structure

and behavior of

natural and physical

world, to create

premises.

Putting those premises

into practice.

Method of

evaluation

Analysis, deduction

and theory

development

Analysis and synthesis

of design.

Use

Used to make

predictions

Simplify the work and

fulfill the needs of

people.

Early Civilization

Nomads

Basic Needs

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

Nomads

• used stone tools for survival

• hunting fish and wild animals

• preparing foods

• making shelter

• protect territory from invasion

• lived in area of bountiful resources of foods

• small tribes of hunter-gatherers

• lived in area of bountiful resources of foods

• small tribes of hunter-gatherers

Ancient Mesopotamia

• The foundation of human civilization began in

Mesopotamia.

meso - middle

potam – river

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

Sumerian Civilization

• the first people to settle in Mesopotamia

• created a civilization by the development of

methods and technologies in

• architectures

• language

• agriculture

• governance

• Sumerians built cities along the rivers in South

Mesopotamia in 4500 BCE

➢ Eridu

➢ Uruk

➢ Ur

➢ Larsa

➢ Isin

➢ Adab

➢ Kullah

➢ Lagash

➢ Nippur

➢ Kish

• City of Uruk - considered to be the first true city

in the world

• No building stones used

• Lumber was limited

• Mud / clay from the river added with reeds and

bricks

Secondary education (bio sci)

Eastern Visayas State University

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