The Greatest Inventions In The Past 1000 Years
Q. Which event in the 20th century led to the greatest change in Asia?
China, humiliated in the Opium Wars of the mid-19th century, was never colonized but lost substantial economic and political sovereignty as European nations, the U.S., and Japan established treaty ports and spheres of influence in the country, factors which fueled the first revolution in Asia in the 20th century, the …
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Q. Will Asia dominate the 21st century?
Asia is on course to dominate the 21st century, bringing a wealth of investment opportunity. In a mere decade, China’s e-commerce market has grown from less than 1% of global sales, into the world’s largest market in 2016, representing more than 40% of transactions by value.
Q. What country controlled the area of SE Asia during most of the 20th century?
Most of Southeast Asia continues to be colonized during the first half of the twentieth century: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos by the French; Malaysia and Myanmar (Burma) by the British; Indonesia by the Dutch; and the Philippines by the United States.
Q. What was invented in 20th century?
A massive amount of new technologies were developed in the 20th century. Technologies such as electricity, the incandescent light bulb, the automobile and the phonograph, first developed at the end of the 19th century, were perfected and universally deployed.
| Invention | Inventor | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Printing Press | Johannes Gutenberg |
| 2 | Electric Light | Thomas Edison |
| 3 | Automobile | Karl Benz |
| 4 | Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell |
Q. Who is father of technology?
Thomas Edison, American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory.
