HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inventions that are credited to the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental machines and toys, and a chart to find prime numbers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The upper elements of the temple were usually made of mud brick and timber, and the platform of the building was of cut masonry. Columns were carved of local stone, usually limestone or tufa; in much earlier temples, columns would have been made of wood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Greeks have bestowed the world with many other inventions. According to some sources, the Greeks are responsible for the alarm clock, computer, shower, automatic doors, cartography, the odometer, the stadium, and the arch bridge.
Detailed explanation-4: -Modern Philosophy. Earliest practice of medicine. Basis of Geometry. Olympics. Cartography. Harley and Woodward’s History of Cartography. Alarm clock. Ancient Greek Alarm clock. Odometer. The odometer by Vitruvius and Heron. Water mill. Hydraulic wheel of Perachora. More items