Technology and the Environment

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This paper looks at how technology, aqueducts and tidal mills helped to forge a historical growth in human technology that spans the world in its causation. By examining the Paleolithic examples of tool and blade cutting, it shows how one can realize how mankind slowly evolved technology to control water sources for agrarian uses in latter eras of development.

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"This study will examine the usage of Prehistoric, Classical era, and Post-Classical era examples of technology that helped mankind to use materials and survive in different environments. The Prehistoric usage of "scrapers" or blade technology; the Classical era usage of the Roman aqueduct; and the Post-Classical invention of the tidal mill all offer examples of technology that were extremely important to human advancement. By understanding how these technologies were used, one can analyze how these advances affected the environment in which they were created. In essence, technology played a key role in advancing the human race to greater levels of production, but had negative consequences that were often problematic for the environment. "

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