https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h en-us 2020-10-14 18:13:57 UTC 2020-10-14 20:20:22 UTC hello@padlet.com jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829803695 The Neolithic Revolution was the world's first historically verifiable revolution in agriculture. The Neolithic Revolution greatly narrowed the diversity of foods available, resulting in a downturn in the quality of human nutrition. The Neolithic Revolution involved far more than the adoption of a limited set of food-producing techniques.  The Neolithic Revolution was viewed as a single event—a sudden flash of genius—that occurred in a single location, Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now southern Iraq, specifically the site of a realm known as Sumer, which dates back to about 4000 B.C.E. The Neolithic Revolution is an important part of history and is considered a turning point because it encouraged the domestic lifestyle, leading to the settlement of communitites.]]> 2020-10-14 18:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829803695 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829832614 The Battle of Thermopylae, (480 BCE), was a battle in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae during the Persian Wars. The Greek forces, mostly Spartan, were led by Leonidas. After three days of holding their own against the Persian king Xerxes I and his vast southward-advancing army, the Greeks were betrayed, and the Persians were able to outflank them. Sending the main army in retreat, Leonidas and a small contingent remained behind to resist the advance and were defeated.Today the Battle of Thermopylae is celebrated as an example of heroic persistence against seemingly impossible odds. Soon after the battle, the Greeks built a stone lion in honour of those who had died and specifically for the fallen king Leonidas. In 1955 a statue of Leonidas was erected by King Paul of Greece in commemoration of his and his troops’ bravery. The Battle of Thermopylae also served as the inspiration for the film 300 (2006).]]> 2020-10-14 18:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829832614 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829864631 Gunpowder was invented in 9th-century China as one of the Four Great Inventions, and spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of the 13th century. Originally developed by the Taoists for medicinal purposes, gunpowder was first used for warfare around 904 AD. We still use gunpowder today in grenades, rockets, guns etc. Usually, gunpowder is used for military purposes to defend our country. It is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate (saltpetre)—with the sulfur and charcoal acting as fuels, while the saltpeter works as an oxidizer. It important that we study this great invention because it changed the way we fight and war and celebrate on the fourth of July.

]]> 2020-10-14 18:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829864631 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829892121 The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, mainly text in the form of books, pamphlets and newspapers. Created in China, the printing press revolutionized society there before being further developed in Europe in the 15th Century by Johannes Gutenberg and his invention of the Gutenberg press. Most of us tend to take printed materials for granted, but imagine life today if the printing press had never been invented. We would not have books, magazines or newspapers. Posters, flyers, pamphlets and mailers would not exist. The printing press allows us to share large amounts of information quickly and in huge numbers. In fact, the printing press is so significant that it has come to be known as one of the most important inventions of our time. It drastically changed the way society evolved. In this article, we will explore how the printing press was invented, as well as how it affected culture.

]]> 2020-10-14 18:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829892121 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829903440 Americans get a day off work on October 12 to celebrate Columbus Day. It's an annual holiday that commemorates the day on October 12, 1492, when the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus officially set foot in the Americas, and claimed the land for Spain. It has been a national holiday in the United States since 1937. It is commonly said that "Columbus discovered America." It would be more accurate, perhaps, to say that he introduced the Americas to Western Europe during his four voyages to the region between 1492 and 1502. It's also safe to say that he paved the way for the massive influx of western Europeans that would ultimately form several new nations including the United States, Canada and Mexico.

]]> 2020-10-14 18:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829903440 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829918898 The Industrial Revolution marked a period of development in the latter half of the 18th century (1760-1840) that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe and America into industrialized, urban ones. Goods that had once been crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the introduction of new machines and techniques in textiles, iron making and other industries. Fueled by the game-changing use of steam power, the Industrial Revolution began in Britain and spread to the rest of the world, including the United States, by the 1830s and '40s.

]]> 2020-10-14 18:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829918898 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829938495 The world's first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in New York in 1907, by Leo Baekeland who coined the term "plastics".  This discovery was revolutionary. For the first time human manufacturing was not constrained by the limits of nature. Nature only supplied so much wood, metal, stone, bone, tusk, and horn. But now humans could create new materials. This development helped not only people but also the environment. Advertisements praised celluloid as the savior of the elephant and the tortoise. Plastics could protect the natural world from the destructive forces of human need.  Plastic packaging helps protect and preserve goods, while reducing weight in transportation, which saves fuel and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. From computers and cell phones to televisions and microwaves, durable, lightweight and affordable plastics have helped revolutionize the electronics the entire world relies on every day.

]]> 2020-10-14 18:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829938495 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829954946 The Battle of the Somme, which took place from July to November 1916, began as an Allied offensive against German forces on the Western Front and turned into one of the most bitter and costly battles of World War I.  British forces suffered more than 57,000 casualties—including more than 19,000 soldiers killed—on the first day of the battle alone, making it the single most disastrous day in that nation’s military history. By the time the Battle of the Somme (sometimes called the First Battle of the Somme) ended nearly five months later, more than 3 million soldiers on both sides had fought in the battle, and more than 1 million had been killed or wounded. he Somme offensive began with the main objective of simply relieving the pressure on the French at Verdun. In this it succeeded. Moreover, it hurt the Germans badly and ultimately brought America into the war. Many people agree the battle was an important step towards Allied victory in 1918.]]> 2020-10-14 19:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829954946 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829988280 On August 9, 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.
The devastation wrought at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam Conference’s demand for unconditional surrender. The United States had already planned to drop their second atom bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man,” on August 11 in the event of such recalcitrance, but bad weather expected for that day pushed the date up to August 9th. So at 1:56 a.m. The atomic bombing of Japan was a hugely significant final act of the most destructive global conflict in human history. Simultaneously, it signalled the dawn of the atomic age, the arms race between the US and the Soviet Union and - before too long - the cold war.

]]> 2020-10-14 19:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829988280 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829998938 The Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, is the set of research technology transfer initiatives occurring between 1950 and the late 1960s, that increased agricultural production worldwide, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. Overall, the Green Revolution had many benefits associated with it. It was beneficial because it helped produce more food and prevented the starvation of many people. It also resulted in lower production costs and sale prices of produce. ]]> 2020-10-14 19:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/829998938 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830016068 On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step on the moon. He and Aldrin walked around for three hours. They did experiments. They picked up bits of moon dirt and rocks. The moon landing did more than advance science or boost U.S. prowess. It taught the world to dream. Neil became the first human to EVER set foot on another land other than earth, this changed the world.]]> 2020-10-14 19:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830016068 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830142290 The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business. The WTO began life on 1 January 1995, but its trading system is half a century older. Since 1948, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) had provided the rules for the system. (The second WTO ministerial meeting, held in Geneva in May 1998, included a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the system.)

]]> 2020-10-14 20:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830142290 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830146862 On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of the most significant social media companies in history. Today, Facebook is one of the most valuable companies in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users. What makes Facebook unique is the ability to connect and share with the people you care about at the same time. For many, having a Facebook account is now an expected part of being online, much like having your own email address. And because Facebook is so popular, other websites have worked to integrate Facebook. Facebook allows friends and family from all over the world to connect through sharing pictures and messenging.]]> 2020-10-14 20:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830146862 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830160257 The Syrian civil war, which has devastated the entire country of Syria and its neighbors, is a complex conflict that involves several nations, rebel groups and terrorist organizations. What started as a nonviolent protest in 2011 quickly escalated into full-blown warfare. Since the fighting began, more than 470,000 people have been killed, with over 1 million injured and millions more forced to flee their homes and live as refugees. The ongoing conflict in Syria is widely described as a series of overlapping proxy wars between the regional and world powers, primarily between the US and Russia as well as between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

]]> 2020-10-14 20:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830160257 jhen7669 https://padlet.com/jhen7669/xy9l25t72jdrb68h/wish/830167827 Cambridge Analytica Ltd was a British political consulting firm that was involved in influencing hundreds of elections globally and that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data breach was a data leak whereby millions of Facebook users' personal data was harvested without consent by Cambridge Analytica, predominantly to be used for political advertising. The embattled political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica announced on Wednesday that it would cease most operations and file for bankruptcy amid growing legal and political scrutiny of its business practices and work for Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign. Millions of facebook users are left in the aftermath.

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