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1050
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Chinese use ceramics to create movable type
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1066
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Halley’s Comet first sighted
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1070
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Chinese scientist Shen Kua develops natural sciences
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c. 1075
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Omar Khayyam uses geometry to solve cubic
equations
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1080
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Toledan Tables in Spain chart position of stars
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1100
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China: illustrated texts in botany
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c. 1200
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First explosive rockets used in
China
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1202
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Mathematician Leonardo
Fibonacci introduces Arabic numerals to Italy
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1214–1294
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Roger Bacon works toward experimental
method
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c. 1250
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Gunpowder introduced to
Europe
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c. 1270
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First firearms used in China
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1271
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Marco Polo begins journey to
China
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1275
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Formation of rainbows explained by Theodoric of
Freiburg
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c. 1290
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Cable bridges used in Andes
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c. 1300
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Eyeglasses first used commonly in
Europe
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1310
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Use of mechanical clocks
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1316
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Italy: Modinus’s Anatomy
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1317
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Pope John XXII condemns alchemy
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1320
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First European use of cannons
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1327
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Grand Canal constructed in China
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1340
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Italy: First European paper factory
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1343
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William of Occam’s Dialogus
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1363
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Guy de Chauliac’s Great Surgery
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1392
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Korea: Metal type used for printing
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c. 1400
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Windmills used in Holland
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c. 1420
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Chinese ships reach eastern Africa
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1435
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Italy: Leon Alberti gives mathematical laws for
drawing perspective
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1437
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Mongol astronomers publish astrological Tables of Ukugh
Beg
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1439
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Portugal: Henry the Navigator opens school
at Sagres
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c. 1450
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Johannes Gutenberg develops movable
type
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