1. The library at Alexandria

2. Euclid’s five postulates
1 a line can be drawn from one point to any other point 2. A straight line can be extended continuously from either end 3. A circle of any radius can be drawn around any point. 4. All right angles are equal 5. Statement of conditions under which straight lines will intersect.

3. Archimedes ( )
Image on the Field’s Medal with inscription: Rise above oneself and grasp the world

4. Eureka!

5. Archimedes Principle
“The Pressure of the fluid on a body, wholly or partially immersed, is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.”

6. Galileo’s “The Little Balance”

7. Archimedes, water balance

8. Archimedes, water screw

10. Christianity timeline
Jesus is crucified CE
The Roman Empire divided into Greek-speaking Eastern CE
and Latin- speaking Western parts
Roman emperor Constantine recognizes Christianity CE
as one of the religions of Rome
Constantine moves capital from Rome to Byzantium/Constantinople 330 CE
Emperor Theodosius makes Christianity official religion of Roman Empire 392 CE
Library at Alexandria is burnt down CE
Decline of the Roman Empire to 450 CE
Emperor Justinian closes schools in Athens 529

11. Timeline of Middle Ages to the Renaissance in Europe
The 1,000 years from the fall of the Roman Empire to around 1500 is described as the Middle Age, or the Medieval period of Europe.
Early Middle Age of decline of knowledge
Revival begins, Aristotle re-discovered
High or Late Middle Age, 1200 to around 1450
The Renaissance, around
movable type, Guttenberg printing presses spread onward
Columbus discovers the New World
The Reformation
The Modern Era, around 1700
After Newton

12. Technological changes through the Middle Ages
Invention of the stirrup, 732
Invention of the horse collar
Improvement in agriculture, as the horses were able to plow more efficiently. This led to multiple crops
Horse shoes, waterwheels and wind mils.
Magnetic compass and gunpowder, originally from China. First cannon fired in 1325
Paper, the first paper mill in France opened in 1189

13. Universities University of Bologna in Italy, founded in 1088
University of Paris is founded, 1200
Oxford University is founded, 1220

14. Medieval manuscript, showing meeting of doctors at the U. of Paris

15. A university class, around 1300

16. University of Bologna,est. 1088

17. Oxford University