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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance Timeline
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Jul 1, 1300
Eye glasses and spectacles
Eye glasses were made by a Venetain eye glasses guide. The glasses were made out of crystal and only rich could use. Later, when the printing press was made people need to use eye glasses more to read. I think this invention has changed the world because if the world doesn't have this invetion then people can't read properly whcih will affect their educations and work. For example, if there's no eyeglasses for children they can't read the board or books properly. -
Jan 1, 1405
Compass
The compass was first used by a Chinese voyager Zheng He. He is known to travel through seven oceans. The compass was later introduced by the Europeans. I chose this invention to be on this timeline because I belive that compasses are really important for human especially when we travel. If we don't have compass we won't know which directions we will go and other explorers such as Christopher Columbus won't know where to travel even if he observe the stars but having compass is the best thing. -
Jan 1, 1420
Linear Perspective
Linear Perspective is an mathematical system for creating illusion of depth, space and contrast. These things are invented by Filippo Brunellesch in Florence who is a painter. He used these technique to make his painting more attractive and interesting and he also made the art at the Renaissance time more interesting not boring anymore because of these technique. This also affect nowadays paintings because from these technique, there's many different kind of art. -
Oct 1, 1450
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press so that people don't have to spend time writing out books but instead just printing it out. It also made the cost of books in that time cheaper so that the poors could afford. I think printing press is a great invention because the idea of it made people to creat other inventions to print books be a lot easier instead of writing it down. Also if there's no printing press and poors can't afford then only the rich can read and will be a problem. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus found the United States
In 1492, human had made an incredible discovery which is that Christopher Columbus, a voyager that tried to prove to people that the world is a sphere and a line, had intend to reach Japan and India but got blocked by the land of America. I think this is a great discovery of human-being because if Columbus didn't found America, people in this age won't have knowledge as this time because the United States is the most developed country that discover and invented many things. -
Jan 1, 1504
Mona Lisa
In Florance Italy, Leonardo di Vinci painted the Mona Lisa which is the most famous painting now because of the technique of painting that Leonardo used. Because of this painting, painters today uses varity of different technique to paint there pieces. I think this painting really made the art of this age become a great thing. -
Jan 1, 1532
"The Prince" Book
"The Prince" is a book describing what a leader should be written by Niccolò Machiavelli. The book was his obserations about human behavior, leaderhip and foreign policy. I think this book really affect the leadership of this age because this book makes people think different about how should a leader be. Should they be loved or hated. This leads to having different kinds of leadership today which makes the world a better place. -
Apr 26, 1564
William Shakespear
William Shakespear was an English poet and play writer. He made many interesting plays and wrote many poem. He made our art of acting and plays to be more interesting because of how his play really impressed the audience because he made the plot really interesting which we use to make play now. -
Jan 1, 1578
The first Submarine
The first submarine was made by Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel, a Dutchman in service of James 1 England. He made the submarine by using the design of Willian Broune who got the idea from Leonardo da Vinci's plan. I think this invention is one of the most important because people need to have something that could go underwater to both use to battle and make important discoveries. -
Flush Toilet
The flush toilet, was invented by Sir John Harrington. He invented a valve that when pulled would release water to clean the toilet. I think even though this invention might sound silly but it's an important invention too. The reason is if people don't have enough hygiene then it would affect their health and their well-being that would affect other things in life too. -
Thermometer
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The first Telescope
Galileo invented the first telescope to have a deeper way of research on astronomy. This really effect how human live today because if this invention does not exist, people now wouldn't have an idea on how other space is like and people won't discover important things like the energy in other space or the other planets. -
Blood and Heart Discovery
William Harvey, a person with two medical degree from Cambridge University discovered an important thing in the human body. He discovered that blood was pumbed by heart not what people think on those days. He also published a book about his discovery called "An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals." I think this discovery is very important because doctors could know what is the main part of the human body that people need to care.
