When did those achievements happened ??
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Quiz:
Guess when did each of the following achievements happen ?
1) Establishment of the early Universities
2) Establishment of the foundations of Western Science
3) Invention of the Mechanical Clock
4) Invention of Printing Press
5) Invention of Eye-glasses
6) Invention of Chimney
7) Invention of Wheelbarrow
8) Invention of Treadle-Powered Loom (cloth making)
9) Invention of Musical Notations
10) Invention of Polyphony (music)
11) Birth of "Gothic" Architectural Style
12) Earliest Mechanization of Paper Manufacturing
13) Invention of Oil Paint and Stretched Canvas (fine arts)
14) Double-entry Bookkeeping (Accounting)
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Most of us would guess all of them happened in the modern age,
or , otherwise, at least happened after the Middle Ages,
which was supposed to be the "Dark Ages" - full of superstitions and ignorance.
Well, that's NONSENSE as Professor Rodney Stark says, who authored the book "The Victory of Reason: How Christianity led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success". The book showed that the notion that "the Middle Ages was a period of superstitions and ignorance" was a HOAX. It also showed how, in the European past, Christianity brought the West out of darkness / chaos and into greatness and success.
The answer is a BIG surprise for those who think the Middle Ages is the "Dark Ages". In fact, all of the above achievements happened during the Middle Ages.
Last edited by tomc; 05-19-2008 at 02:33 AM.
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