Category Archives: inventions

Martin Waldseemüller : A Pioneer Mapmaker Who Named America

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer. He and Matthias Ringmann are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. He thought it was Amerigo. Waldseemüller was born in Wolfenweiler near Freiburg … Continue reading →

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Agricultural Revolution : An Overview-A Timeline of Innovations

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Technological Innovations play a significant role in peopling and demography of a region.Between the eighth century and the eighteenth, the tools of farming basically stayed the same and few advancements in technology were made. This meant that the farmers had … Continue reading →

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Chinese Rover Yutu Analyzes New Rocks on Moon

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

The Chinese lunar rover, Yutu, photographed by its lander Chang’e-3, after the lander touched down in Mare Imbrium, a giant impact basin that had been filled by successive lava flows. Credit: CNsa/CLEP The Moon has a diversified body unlike Earth, … Continue reading →

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Early Roads : History of Transport

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

In early times roads were used for transporting people and goods. People walked or used animals. Roads were tracks or traces that often used or paralleled game trails. Roads also were and are careers of ideas. One example that still … Continue reading →