The 10 Most Influential People, Places, and Events

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World History Uncovered

• The 10 Most Influential People, Places, and Events

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The 10 Most Influential People, Places, and Events
Chronological Order
Industrial Revolution
Crusades
Renaissance
Louis Pasteur
Enlightenment
Invention of the Printing Press
American Revolution
Invention of Integrated Circuits
Discovery of Americas
Freeing of Slaves in America
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The Printing Press

• Invention

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Printing and Publishing

• The printing press was invented by Johannes
  Gutenberg in 1436, and completed in 1440. His
  model of the printing press was a hand press, in
  which ink was rolled over the elevated surfaces
  of the movable hand-set block letters. The block
  letters were held within a wooden form, and after
  the ink had been applied, the form was pressed
  against the paper. Gutenberg was also credited
  with the printing of the worlds first book with
  the movable type, the Gutenberg Bible. In the
  Gutenberg Bible, each page had 42 lines on it.
  The Bible was believed to have been completed in
  1455.

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Global Impact

• The invention of the printing press was an event
  that had many positive effects on society. For
  one thing, without it, we wouldnt have nearly
  half as many literate people as we do today.
  Before the invention of the printing press, only
  a very few privileged people would even have the
  opportunity to learn to read and write. Also, we
  wouldnt have very many books in circulation,
  because they would all still be handwritten. With
  the invention of the printing press, we have been
  allowed to become a society where everyone has
  the opportunity to become knowledgeable. While
  the invention of the printing press started a
  revolution in the printing of books, it also
  promoted the rapid development in science, art,
  and religion through communication of text.

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INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

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INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

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A World of Computers

• Basically, an integrated circuit is a
  miniaturized circuit through which electric
  currents can flow in a steady rate. Today,
  integrated circuits are used in almost all
  electronic equipments.  Sometimes called a chip
  or microchip, they have revolutionized the world
  of electronics.
•       Integrated circuits are a very advanced
  electric circuit. Its main function is to control
  the current. Integrated circuits are commonly
  used as amplifier, counter, computer memory,
  timer, and microprocessor.
•       Integrated circuit was first invented by
  Jack Kilby in 1958.
• His idea was to make all the components of the
  chip and the chip itself out of the same block of
  semiconductor material. After presenting these
  ideas to his coworkers, his boss liked the idea
  so much he allowed Kilby to build a test version
  of it. It worked out perfectly!

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Global Impact

•        Integrated circuits have allowed us to
  make products such as PCs and cell phones, and to
  constantly improve them by making them smaller
  and faster (the denser and smaller the chip is,
  the less the amount of distance the signals have
  to travel, therefore the faster the appliance).
  If integrated circuits werent invented at all,
  we would be living in a world impossible to
  imagine. It would mean no cell phones, no
  computers, no surround sound system for TV, and
  many other things! Integrated circuits have also
  opened up a completely new industry and field of
  technology, giving thousands of people jobs
  related to this amazing invention.
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I don't think one can accurately measure the
historical effectiveness of a poem but one does
know, of course, that books influence
individuals and individuals, although they are
part of large economic and social processes,
influence history. Every mass is after all made
up of millions of individuals. Denise Levertov
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