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Northern Afric Tools That Made Everything Easier

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Northern Africa: Tools that made everything easier
ROBERTO SALAZAR
FUCHSIA GROUP
November 3, 2014

The purpose of this Idea Paper is to propose a topic of innovation that I will use as the central focus of my STEM Time Capsule Project in IDS 3003 (Bilica). This paper represents my preliminary ideas and is based upon my early research into my topic of innovation. This project will develop as I continue to read and research my topic/innovation. Our group selected a specific geographic region and historic time period to study as a group, but we will each focus upon a unique STEM innovation from within that geographic region and time period (Bilica).
Group Rationale for Geographic Region/ Time Period Selection
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Egyptology, the study of Ancient Egypt, is a disciple that some dedicates their lives to, in hopes of understand the contributions this great era has supplied to our world, and as such there is a multitude of information to draw from. It is because of this information that our group chose to further delve into the cultural and regional ideas of this time period.

My Intended Topic/ Innovation
I have chosen to focus my STEM Time Capsule topic upon tools that made Egyptian life easier; such innovations would be the ramp and the lever. The resources that were provided have been the custom way of life during before Christ and lasted for thousands of years. Yet, today in our society we still use what the Egyptians invented, but we have used their inventions as a foundation for advancement in tools. The Egyptians used their tools to make life easier, especially in construction, such as building the pyramids, temples, limestone homes, and other building constructed with the ramps and levers. The innovation of tools represents STEM because these tools were considered a form of technology, in a way that it was innovated to change the way of life. Transitioning form technology was going into engineering because the Egyptians used the tools to construct the building with various methods. The innovations fit within our group’s geographic time period because it’s the foundation of how life was sustainable in ancient Egypt. Without these

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