Adam Smith publishes “The Wealth of Nations” driving the rise of capitalism
Smith, a Scottish philosopher by trade, wrote the book to upend the mercantilist system.
Smith, a Scottish philosopher by trade, wrote the book to upend the mercantilist system.
The Bengali Renaissance was a cultural, social, intellectual and artistic movement in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent during the period of the British Indian Empire, from the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century dominated by Bengalis.
John “Iron-Mad” Wilkinson invented precision boring machine that could bore cast iron cylinders, such as those used in steam engines of James Watt.
The Siku Quanshu ended up surpassing the Ming dynasty’s 1403 Yongle Encyclopedia in size, which was China’s largest encyclopedia prior to the creation of the Siku Quanshu.