a century of great inventions

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• Four Great Inventions — Five major steps in papermaking, outlined by Cai Lun in AD 105 Traditional Chinese 四大發明 …   Wikipedia

• Four Great Inventions of ancient China — [ papermaking, outlined by Cai Lun in 105 AD] The Four Great Inventions of ancient China (zh tsp|t=四大發明|s=四大发明|p=sì dà fā míng, meaning four great inventions ) are four inventions that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical… …   Wikipedia

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• Inventions in medieval Islam — A significant number of inventions were developed in the medieval Islamic world, a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from Al Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east.… …   Wikipedia

• Inventions in the modern Islamic world — [ Abdus Salam, the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, include the electroweak interaction, electroweak symmetry breaking, magnetic photon, neutral current, preon, W and Z bosons, supergeometry, supermanifold, superspace and superfield.] This… …   Wikipedia

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• List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of historic inventions — The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions. Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same… …   Wikipedia

• 18th century — The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini/Common Era numbering system. However, historians sometimes specifically define the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For… …   Wikipedia