Category: Invention

  • Masuzawa, Tomoko The Invention of World Religions Review

    Tomoko Masuzawa is a modern specialist in religious and cultural studies. Her analysis of religions includes linguistic, semantic, and even pedagogical aspects, especially if the problem of teaching religious studies is considered. Masuzawa, working with primary sources on ancient religions, combines religious issues with modern science and sociology methodology. In her works, she analyzes the…

  • The Invention of the Cotton Gin and Its Impact on Slavery

    Table of Contents Introduction Justification of Slavery by Southerners Who Enslaved People? Why Did the Common Southern Whites Support Slavery? Why Open Slave Rebellion was not Common Slave Culture Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Eli Whitney, an American-born inventor, patented the cotton gin in 1794, revolutionizing cotton production by wildly accelerating the tiresome procedure of removing…

  • How the Invention of Gunpowder Affected the World

    Table of Contents Introduction The Invention of Gunpowder The Use of Gunpowder in Feudal Europe Gunpowder and Colonialism Gunpowder in Construction Conclusion References Introduction By examining the social, political, and economic advantages and disadvantages brought on by the widespread use of gunpowder, the issue will determine if the invention and innovation of gunpowder were a…

  • A Chinese Invention: Paper and Its Importance

    Introduction Traditionally, a paper was invented in 105 CE; however, there is evidence of it being invented much earlier. Historians believe that the earliest invention was accidental due to clothes made of hemp being left to dry for too long, forming a residue in the water that could be pressed into paper (Cartwright). The one…

  • The Ten Most Important Inventions of the Twentieth Century

    The twentieth century was a period of extensive inventive activities, with great minds coming up with new solutions to existing problems, and improving on innovations and developments of the nineteenth century. Some of these innovations resulted in mild enhancements to day-to-day operations, such as the pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite, while other inventions played…

  • Basketball: Invention, History, Rules and Techniques

    Basketball is a sport that involves a total of ten players who makes two teams, five on each side playing against each other by passing a ball and shooting it into the basket, which is always10 foot high ring controlled by rules that make the game organized. The players can bounce/ dribbling or pass the…

  • Basketball: Invention, History, Rules and Techniques

    Basketball is a sport that involves a total of ten players who makes two teams, five on each side playing against each other by passing a ball and shooting it into the basket, which is always10 foot high ring controlled by rules that make the game organized. The players can bounce/ dribbling or pass the…