Pike & Pipe Organ

Pike Macedonians deploy the pike in the phalanx.           A major weapon advancement in the complicated history of ancient warfare, the invention of the pike in 400 B.C…

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Buckle & Built Shelter

Buckle             The buckle originated in circa 700 B.C.E. Many examples survive from ancient Greece and Rome, and indeed from all over Europe into the Middle Ages. Th…

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Pottery & Pulley

Pottery             As applies to all early inventions, we do not know the name of the man of woman no invented pottery. No first potter carved his or her name or initia…

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Rowboat & Rubber ball

Rowboat             Although it is common knowledge that rowboats were used as far back as 3000 B.C.E. in Egypt as a means of traveling and trading along the Nile River,…

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Rudder & Saddle

Rudder             Egyptian tomb paintings from around 1420 B.C.E. depict a ship fitted with steering oars on either side of the stern and are thought to be the earliest…

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Saw & Scissors

Saw Egyptians introduce the metal-toothed saw.           The saw evolved from Neolithic tools. Archeologists have found metal-toothed Egyptian saws dating back to 2000 B…

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Scratch Plow & Sewage System

Scratch Plow           Around 9500 B.C.E, In a number of populations distant from one another, people began to select and cultivate plants for food and other purposes. T…

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