Mesopotamia

India & China

Byzantium

Discovery &
Exploration

Hellenistic Era

Roman Architecture
& Science

Welcome to the
Museum of History of
Creativity & Innovation

Mesopotamia

Iron
Tools

The Zodiac

Phoenician Alphabet

The Standing Army

The Code of Hammurabi

Sargon I was the first emperor to create a
standing army..

The code of Hammurabi was one of

the first set of laws. It not only
applied to the people of Hammurabis
kingdom, but it also applied to him.
The laws were put in place to create
unity in the land. The punishments
were meant to be equal to the crimes.

Information about the

Phoenician alphabet is very
interesting

These are some examples

of the earliest iron tools..
Somehow Hittites found a
way to create iron.

India & China

The Great Wall underwent

construction to keep the
inhabitants of the kingdom
busy.

The City of Harappa

The city of Harappa was very advanced with their sewage
systems, public baths, and grid systems. They built their
houses with oven baked bricks. This represents creativity
because.

The Indian Caste System

The Indian Caste system was

strategically put into place to keep
peasants and other members of the
kingdom from revolting.
The Indian Caste System is still in
place today.

The Great Bath

Grids and Sewage Systems

The Early Chines

Writing System

Parchment Paper

The Hellenistic Era

Elements of Geometry
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse at Alexandria is said to be one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world. It was a true
marvel of modern technology during the Hellenistic
Era.

Hellenistic Art

Paper Binding (Books)

Victory at Samothrace

Parchment paper was used as a means

to put other libraries during that era
out of business because papyrus was
becoming scarce. Since the parchment
was so hard to roll, they began to bind
them. Where we got books from.

Laocoon & His Sons

Roman Architecture &

Science

Roman Coliseum
Roman Arches
The romans began to use arches
when they discovered that using
an arch in the construction of their
buildings was more efficient
because the arches gave more
support to more weight.

Underground Tunnels

One of the Romans most genius

discoveries was the discovery of
concrete. It was the basis of every
building in the Roman Empire and is still
used to this day for roads and
architecture.

Aqueducts

Galen & Modern

Medicine
Galen used his detailed observations
and notes from working in the battle
field to help produce much of the
knowledge of modern medicine that
we use to this day.

Byzantium

Religious and
Realistic Art

Illuminated
Manuscripts
Manuscripts were brushed over
with gold or silver paint to make
them glow. Manuscripts were
decorated lavishly or sometimes
generally

Middle English- Excerpt

from Geoffrey Chaucers
Canterbury Tales

During this time, religious

art was very popular and
realistic art was starting to
emerge. Realistic art was
not accepted at first, but
slowly started to become
popular..

Stained Glass
Windows

Exploration &
Discovery
The Caravel

Ferdinand Magellan- First Man

to Successfully Travel the
World

Christopher Columbus

The Gold
Coast
The Gold Coast was the
term used for the subSaharan African desert
where the Portuguese
landed and discovered
valuable natural stones and
slaves.

Barts Journey

Bartholomew Diaz