Gunpowder has revolutionized warfare, allowed for different forms of entertainment, and has changed and shaped history more than any other ancient Chinese invention. Gunpowder was first invented as far back as the 300s AD, but the first written recipe found dates to around 850 AD. During this time ancient Chinese necromancers were looking for the elixir of immortality by
New York City's Central Park was the first landscaped public park in the United States. In the early 1850s, wealthy New Yorkers envisioned a project to construct a park that had spanned for over a decade and cost the city millions of dollars. Following a long period of debate concerning the site and cost of the project, the state legislature authorized the acquisition of 700 acres of land through eminent domain. Advocates of the park hoped to refute the European notion that Americans were devoted to a life of materialism without taking consideration of the common good. Furthermore, in awe of the public grounds in London and Paris, wealthy New Yorkers wanted to uplift the international reputation of the city—or better yet, the United States—by constructing a similar feature.
This phenomenon could be seen everywhere, and America was not an exception. In context of the United States, the year 1950 was a revolutionary period. It was marked by major events such as the Cold War, rise of capitalism and consumerism, the civil rights movement, and anti-communism, which changed the fate of the country. This was a period of economic boom that followed World War II. Therefore, it was marked by tremendous economic growth, with the manufacturing and consumer goods industry gaining enormous impetus, which had already grown to a considerable extent during the industrial revolution - the period immediately preceding the one in question.
Colors in the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby was written in a time in which values no longer played an important role among the population. The “Roaring Twenties” were shaped by the post-war generation and especially by the newly rich and wannabe famous, whose life circled around parties, money and affairs. Fitzgerald manages to draw the reader’s attention to significant details and symbols in the text. Therefore, symbolism plays a major role in The Great Gatsby. The most prominent colors that can be found throughout the novel are green, white, gray, blue and yellow.
By the start of the modern period (say, a few centuries ago), the agricultural empires (such as the Caliphate or the areas corresponding to modern day China or India) had long been exceptionally prosperous, powerful, inventive, well organised and cultured. So why did the industrial revolution happen in Europe rather than China or India or any of the other great agricultural empires? Up until the eighteenth century Europe was on similar terms to the great Asian empires in terms of wealth and technological advancement, however at the end of the eighteenth century Europe started to experience an industrial revolution, which would continue throughout most of the follow century, this led to Western Europe becoming the most economically powerful region in the world. This great leap ahead of Asia by Europe is sometimes referred to as the great divergence, there have been ideas and theories as to why this divergence took place and why the industrial revolution took place in Europe and not Asia, but there is not a consensus among academics over what were the key causes. For many the main question is, more specifically, why did the industrial revolution not take place in China?
After the victory of World War 2, the United States was so vastly powerful that it held a large percent of the world’s resources, yet it contained only a small percentage of the world’s population. Abundance in America was something that people were getting very used to after World War 2 and it was evident in the way people started living their lives. The acquisition of wealth for the majority of the population allowed for a conversion of people’s attitudes and ideas from the previous social norm. This complete revolution in thought is due to a few factors; Capitalism ran hot through everyone’s lives for the first time because even though it started in the early 1900’s, it was in this later period that it could be understood by even the young
Life had never seemed better for the majority of the American people. This boom developed for a number of reasons; The main reason why there was a boom in America in the 1920s was the impact of mass manufacturing & mass production. Before the war, mass manufacturing was almost unheard of - everything was individually made by hand. The American Henry Ford was the first engineer who mass manufactured cars. He was able to cut down the time to build a car from a few weeks to an hour and a half.
It began in Britain because at the time, it was one of the most powerful empires in the world. During the industrial revolution, many new inventions were invented to make the way of living easier and more efficient. The biggest technological advancement was the steam-powered engine invented in 1760 by James Watt. The machine ran on new fuels like petroleum and coal and was an important power source. The steam engine helped the textile and manufacturing industries produce more products.
Despite Piazzolla’s steadily growing popularity during his lifetime, however, the majority of scholarly literature written about Piazzolla definitively declares that success, and particularly his success in New York City, eluded him until just before death in 1992. Piazzolla indeed recognized the significance of New York on an international cultural scale. He told a reporter in 1986 that New York was “everything, the place where everything explodes . . .
Railways changed the world forever, whereas they are still in use till this day. One of the most important railroads ever was created in this time it was called the Baltimore and Ohio line with an engine called the Tom Thumb. It was the first to be a common carrier, and this railway made expansion into the west allowing people to travel into more areas. The Baltimore and Ohio line caused much attention that even important people took part in it such as, “Charles Carroll a signer of the Declaration of Independence got to watch the first making of the railroads (173) to Andrew Jackson being the first president to ride a train” (174). Having railways such as the B&O made it easier for people to travel as well as it expanded trade because it provided a quick and easy way to transport products.