Ancient Times to 500 B.C.

• Science involved practical arts like healing practices and metal tradition
• Imhotep


  Renowned for his knowledge of medicine around 2650 B.C.
• Papyrus


  An ancient form of paper made from the papyrus plant, a reed which grows in the marshy areas around the Nile River.

  
  

  This invention revolutionized how information was transmitted from person to person.

  
  

  Used as a writing material as early as 3,000 B.C. in ancient Egypt
• Before papyrus, Egyptians, Sumerians, and other races wrote on clay tablets or smooth rocks.
• Mesopotamians were making pottery using the first known potter's wheel. Not long after, horse-drawn chariots were being used.
• Mesopotamia

  • Modern Day Iraq
  • The area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
• As early as 1000 years Before Christ, the Chinese were using compasses to aid themselves in their travels.