TAILIEUCHUNG - Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 152

Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 152 provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. It serves as a bridge connecting the domains of resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology, and it explains their interrelationships in terms that students and other nonspecialists can understand. The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the . Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits. . | 1416 Time Line Global Resources 450 407 400 347 312 283 269 240 225 214 140 50 45 30 20 . 33 50 74 77 80 250 550 700 850 1000 1050 1100 s 1273 1306 1486 Greek city-states begin to issue their own silver coins. The gold and silver statues of the Acropolis are melted down to pay for the Athenian fleet. Animal wastes are recognized as useful fertilizers. Rome introduces its coinage in the form of weights of copper. Romans begin construction of the Appian Way which ultimately stretches for 600 kilometers. The great Alexandrine stone lighthouse is built on the Egyptian island of Pharos. Rome introduces silver coinage. A bronze pipe organ is constructed at Alexandria Egypt. Emperor Cheng also known as Shih Huang Ti begins construction of China s Great Wall. The Great Wall of China is completed. Irrigation channels are built in China. The water wheel is invented in Greece and is soon also used in the Roman world. Large Roman projects are begun to drain the Pontine Marshes in Italy and to cut the Corinth canal. The major period of Roman road-building begins. Water wheels are used to grind grain. Pontius Pilate builds a major aqueduct to provide water for Jerusalem. Glassblowing is well established as an art glass is first used for windows. Roman roads are built in Britain. Pliny the Elder writes Historia Naturalis and laments the discovery of iron because it has made war more terrible. The Roman Colosseum is finished under Titus constructed partly of concrete it can seat 87 000. Mica plates are used as windows in houses in China. Maya build great stone temples at Tikal Mexico. Windmills are used to grind grain in Iran. Marks the first historical Chinese reference to gunpowder. Arab scientists develop primitive methods of oil refining. The Anasazi construct cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde New Mexico. Marks the first historical records of windmills in Europe. Londoners complain about air pollution from coal burning. King Edward I bans the burning of coal in England. .

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