///ASIAN INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION/// *ASIAN CHARACTER TRAITS

+++ 1st PPT +++ 1.) Spirituality - innate spiritual nature; spiritual
*Importance of Knowing Asian dimension in everything done
a.) We are Asians thus, we should know more about it 2.) Fatalism - do not believe that he is the “master of
than any other region in the world his soul”
b.) Asia will dominate the world’s POLITICAL, 3.) Hospitality - no matter how humble their situation,
ECONOMIC, and SPIRITUAL developments in Asians will serve and pamper guests
the near future 4.) Extended family relationship - strong bonds of love
c.) PHILIPPINES - due to location & heritage = “Light of and kinship
Asia”; fulfils a great role in this Asian 5.) Sense of continuity - Whatever man does affect
renaissance nature
*2 Divisions of the world acc. to geographers A.) INDIA
1.) East (Orient) - Asian world; region of the rising sun  They are known for manufacturing iron
2.) West (Occident) - Europe and N. America; region of and in metallurgical works. Their iron
the setting sun steel is considered to be the best and held
high regard in the whole of Roman Empire.
*Divisions of Asia/n  Ayurveda, a system of traditional medicine
1.) Western (a.k.a. Near East) that originated in Ancient India before
- near Europe; the Middle East lies midway bet. 2500 BC. *alternative medicine
Asia and Europe  Discovered medicinal properties of plants
- Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and text like Sushruta Samhita - describes
different surgical and medical procedures
2.) East (a.k.a. East Sub Region) famous in Ancient India.
- China, Japan, Taiwan, NoKor, & SoKor  In Astronomy - theories on the
configuration of the universe, spherical
3.) North self-supporting Earth, and year of 360
- Afghanistan, Russia’s Siberia, Kazakhstan, days with 12 equal parts of 30 days each.
Georgia, Armenia  Standardize measurement of length to a
high degree of accuracy and designed a
4.) South East ruler called the MOHENJO-DARO RULER.
- PH, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,  Aryabhata (476-550), in his Aryabhatiya,
Myanmar, Vietnam introduced a number of trigonometric
functions, tables and techniques, as well
5.) Central as algorithms of algebra.
-  Brahmagupta, also suggested that gravity
was a force of attraction, and lucidly
*PEOPLE OF ASIA explained the use of zero as both a
1.) Brown Race - Filipinos, Malaysians, & Indonesians placeholder and a decimal digit, along
2.) Yellow Race - Chinese, Koreans, & Japanese with Hindu-Arabic numerical system now
3.) Aryan/Indo-European - white race; Afghans, used universally throughout the world.
Iranians, & Indians  Madhava of Sangamagrama is considered
4.) Semitics - white race; Arabs, Jews, Iraqis, & Syrians as the founder of mathematical analysis.
5.) Red Race - Siberian and Soviet Asian who migrated B.) CHINA
to N.A. and became ancestors of  ACUPUNCTURE - a form of alternative
American Indians medicine in which thin needles are
6.) Eurasians/ Amerasians - result of mixed marriages inserted into the body. A key component
(part European/ part American, part Asian) of traditional Chinese medicine.
 Compass, papermaking, gunpowder, iron
*MAN-MADE WONDERS plough, wheelbarrow, propeller, and
1.) Great Wall of China (can be seen from outer space) printing tools that became known in the
- by Emperor Shih Huang Ti West only by the end of the Middle Ages.
- 2700 km long across North China  Designed diff. models of bridges
- 10 yrs. to finish, 200K men (Zhongguo Ke Xue Yuan, 1983)
2.) Ifugao Rice Terraces  Invented the first seismological detector
- 2K yrs. ago by Zhang Heng which made them more
- half the circumference of Earth if placed end prepared in times of natural calamities,
to end and developed a dry dock facility.
3.) Taj Mahal (in Agra, India)  Made significant records on supernovas,
- Western writers - “most beautiful and most lunar and solar eclipses, and comets to
perfect of all buildings in the world better understand how the heavenly
4.) Dome of the Rock (in Jerusalem) bodies affect our weather and seasons.
- Islamic Shrine They also used lunar calendars.
5.) Shwe Dragon (in Rangoon, Myanmar)
- golden pagoda
+++ 2nd PPT +++ *SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS
*ASIAN SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION a.) Polyethene Prosthetic Leg
- 48 countries - by Dr. Therdchai Jivacate (Thai doctor inventor,
- birthplace of human civilization orthopaedic surgeon)
- before the Industrial Revolution (18 th century), - high quality prosthetic limbs at a low cost
most of the world’s technological
advancements originated in Asia b.) OFDM-based 4G Telecommunication Systems
- BUDDHISM, ISLAM, & CHRISTIANITY = Asia as - by Khoirul Anwar
cradle of three religions - faster communication method with a smaller energy
use; greater speed of data transfers
*5 DIVISIONS OF ASIA
1.) WESTERN ASIA c.) Erythromycin
- Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, - by Dr. Abelardo Aguilar
Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, - an antibiotic for bacterial infections like respiratory
Qatar, Saudi Arabia tract infections, middle ear infections, and skin
- located bet. Central Asia and Africa, south of Eastern infections
Europe - Eli Lilly pharmaceuticals - earned billions of dollars
- one of the first places where people formed and lived *no royalties to the PH or Aguilar
in towns
- astronomy was made with religion in mind 3.) SOUTH ASIA
- Ibn Sina - first medical book “The Canon” - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
- became a core text for physicians across the Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives
Islamic world and Europe - by the start of the 21 st century, South Asia is one of the
- detailed guide for diagnosing and treating most backward regions of the world in terms of
ailments educational development
- manufacturing paper from cotton, linen, and rags - Squat toilet - toilet platforms above drains in the
*opened a new era for civilization replacing silk proximity of walls found in houses in the cities of
paper of Chinese Mojenjo-daro and Harappa from the 3rd millennium BC
- Value of pi - by Budhayana (800 BC) - he also devised
*SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS the concept of
a.) Miswak Toothbrush - by Arab people Pythagorean theorem
- Islam was one of the first world - later imporved by Aryabhata
religions to place particular emphasis
on hygiene *SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS
b.) Guitar a.) Sagar veena
- origins from the Arabic oud - a lute with a bent neck - by Raza Kazim
- during the Middle Ages, found its way to Muslim - stringed instrument from Pakistan
Spain, where it was referred to as “qitara” in - for use in classical music
the Arabic of Andalusia - developed in the last 40 years at the Sanjannagar
c.) SURGICAL INNOVATIONS Institute in Lahore
* Albucasis/ Abu al-Kasim/ Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi b.) Ommaya Reservoir
- methods for surgically treating diseases of the - by Ayub K. Ommaya (Pakistani neurosurgeon)
urethra, ear, and esophagus - system through which chemicals can be injected into
- first person to describe an ectopic pregnancy the brain of patient suffering from brain tumor
- father of modern surgery
c.) Brain-Chip Connection
2.) SOUTHEAST AISA - by Dr. Naweed Syed
- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, - connecting the human brain with a silicon chip -
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor- giving people control over artificial limbs, reversing
Leste, Vietnam, Christmas Island, Cocos Island memory loss, and curing blindness
- chief cultural influences have been from some combo
of Islam, India, and China 4.) EAST ASIA
- Metalworking (bronze) and agriculture - practiced in - China, Mongolia, NoKor, SoKor, Japan, HK, Macau
Northeastern Thailand and Northern Vietnam by the - China greatly influenced this region
end of 3rd millennium BCE - sailing vessels of advanced - Hwacha - weapon (ballista-like)
design and sophisticated navigational skills were - Paper - by Cai Lun around 105 CE
spread over a wider area by the same time or earlier. - made of mulberry, bast fibers, fish nets, old
- 2nd development - 1000 BCE rags, and hemp waste
- centered on production of fine
bronze and fashioning of *SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS
bronze-and-iron objects a.) Acupuncture - needles are placed along the
meridians of the body that control blood flow
b.) Anime - by Osamu Tezuka
- emerged in the 1960s and int’lly spread in
the late 20th century, developing large domestic and
int’l audience

c.) MP3 Player

- by SaeHan Information Systems (1997)
- first commercially available MP3 Player was named
MPMan

5.) CENTRAL ASIA

- Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
Kyrgyzstan
- historically and geographically diverse, Central Asia is
a very interesting region
- as the bridge between Europe and Asia, the region was
named the Silk Road - the ancient trading route bet.
the two continents in the first centuries of CE
- Ibn Sina - was born in Uzbekistan
- known as Avicenna to the West
- “Canon of Medicine” gave rise to the
medical sciences in the Middle East,
Europe, and India
- Stirrup - first developed by Central Asians and passed
on to the Chinese around 100 CE
- contributed most to the change in social
structure in late Middle Ages Europe
- Sewing - Central Asians started to sew clothes about
45,000 BC, invented sewing needles
around 40,000 BC

===BONUS===
 Middle East
 Neolithic Revolution was the first
agricultural revolution. It was a gradual
change from nomadic hunting and
gathering communities and bands to
agriculture and settlement.
 Middle East has 18 countries and 60
languages.
 Golden Age of Islam – started in the 7 th
and 8th centuries
 11th to 13th century - The decline of this
Golden Age of Islam
 Ibn Al Haytham- Father of Optics, known
especially for his Empirical Proof of the
Intromission Theory of Light
 Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi-
concept of the Algorithm while the term
Algebra derived from Al-jabr, the
beginning of the title of one of his
publications
 Jabir Ibn Hayyan - father of chemistry
 Ibn Sina - Pioneered the science of
experimental medicine and the he was the
1st physician to conduct clinical trials