Transcript Presentation of Polish team ,,Comfort of urban life”

Part I – Cities
Part II – Comfort of urban life
Precolumbian cities
As we know the first cities were invented by ancient people from
Mezopotamia. They built cities – countries of which we can find signs
nowadays. The biggest and most popular of them was Babilon,
which dates back to the 23rd century B.C. They are the oldest.
But…
For the development of European civilisation Roman cities were the most important.
In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and, until the Tetrarchy (c.296), largest
territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside Italy.
The word province in modern English has its origins in the term used by the
Romans.Provinces were generally governed by politicians of senatorial rank,
usually former consuls or former praetors
Roman city
Greek city - Athens
Patter of Roman encampment
Patter of city
Roman colonies in Europe
Map of Rome Empire with roads
Map of Polish roads
Map of Roman roads
The most important ancietn inventions, which are useful nowdays are:
Bridge
Sewage system
Elevator
Central heating
Fire Station
Restaurants
Groma
Lock and key
Roman house
Lock and key
Most cities were built near rivers, which were not only the sources of food and
water, but also gave them the opportunity to travel. The cities evolved on both
sides od rivers, and that was the reason to build bridges.
Reconstruction of an ancient
bridge
Ruins of a bridge
Modern bridges are not only useful, but also beautiful…
Bridge in our town - Ostrołęka
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
The longest bridge in the world
– The Grand Bridge
The oldest bridge in Poland
Romans knew how to eliminate problems associated with supplying city with water. They
built aqueducts -water supply channels, which transported water in lead tubings (which
were poisonous for people) from mountains or streams to concentrations of people.
Firstly, water was flowing in a natural way, then the Romans elaborated special
architectural solutions , so the obstacles were overcome. Nowadays , people benefit from
Romans’ achievments – we have a sewage system, which is based on ancient aqeducts.
Ancient aquadukts
Faucet
sewage treatment plant
Well
 The first reference to an elevator is in
the works of the Roman
architect Vitruvius, who reported
that Archimedes (c. 287 BC – c. 212
BC) built his first elevator probably in
236 BC. In some literary sources of
later historical periods, elevators
were mentioned as cabs on a hemp
rope and powered by hand or by
animals. It is assumed that elevators
of this type were installed in the
Sinai monastery of Egypt.
The fastest planned elevator in the world
The fastest elevator now in Taipei
•Central heating
•Fire Station
•Restaurants
•Groma
•And other inventions of
Romans and Greek
Teachers: Mrs. I. Gawrych, Ms. M. Łomacz,
Ms. J. Sławińska, Mr. W. Wilczek
Students: M. Krysiak, M. Krupka, K. Abramczyk