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Inventions from the Data storage Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Solar calendar engraved on bone 10,000 BCE France
Clay token system proto writing system 7500 BCE Mesopotamia
Map painted on wall 6500 BCE Catalhoyak, Turkey

Inventions from the Energy radiant Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Kiln furnace 6000 BCE Sumer Mesopotamia
Bow drill for starting fires 4500 BCE Indus River
Oil lamp radiating light 4000 BCE Egypt

Inventions from the Machines non-transport Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Ladder on wall painting 8000 BCE Lascaux France
Sling rock hurling weapon 7000 BCE Sumer Mesopotamia
Drum musical instrument/signal 5000 BCE China
Sickle grain harvest machine 3600 BCE China

Inventions from the Transport Machines Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Reed boat banded reeds 10,000 BCE Sumer Mesopotamia
Dugout canoe burned out trunk 8000 BCE Northern Europe
Sledge with lubricant/grease 7000 BCE Northern Europe/UK
Travois early dog sled 7000 BCE Native American North America
Skis snow transport 6300 BCE Russia
Square cloth sail sailboat 6000 BCE Sumer Mesopotamia
Rowing oars carved wood 5000 BCE China

Inventions from the Materials, metals Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Elemental copper artifacts pre-smelting metallurgy 8700 BCE Northern Iraq
Metal chisel copper 7500 BCE Middle East
Tin smelting furnace required 6500 BCE Turkey
Copper smelting more advanced furnace 5000 BCE Serbia
Lost wax casting metal replaces melted wax 4000 BCE Israel, Indus River
Forging advanced furnace 4000 BCE Sumer, Mesopotamia
Metal rivet metallurgy 4000 BCE Sumer, Mesopotamia (90)

Inventions from the Materials, non-Metals Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Advanced pottery vessels 10,000 BCE Japan
Mud bricks sun-dried 9000 BCE Israel
Mortar between bricks 9000 BCE Jerico, Israel
Stone monument carved stone 9000 BCE Gobokli, Turkey
Concrete cement when mixed with aggregate 6500 BCE Nabatacea (Middle East), (47 )
Carpentry wood shaping/construction 5000 BCE Egypt (41)
Fired bricks kiln dried/fired 4400 BCE China
Pottery wheel allows round containers 3800 BCE Sumer Mesopotamia

Inventions from the Domestic Biotech Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Eight paleolithic founding crops domestication first domesticated plants: eikorn wheat, emmer wheat, peas, chick peas, flax, rye, hulled barley, bitter vetch 10,000 BCE Mesopotamia (4)
Fermentation of beer and wine beer first fermented 10,000 BCE Mesopotamia (91)
Domestication of herding animals sheep, goats, pigs, cattle 10,000 BCE Mesopotamia (5)
Gourds vessels for containment 10,0000 BCE Peru
Grain grinding milling 9000 BCE Syria
Granary grain storage 9500 BCE Israel
Domestication of pigs pork #1 meat in world 8500 BCE Europe, Asia
Fort walled village 7000 BCE Indus River
Sugar cane domestication sweetener 7000 BCE New Guinea
Tanned leather clothing, etc 7000 BCE Indus River
Domesticated bananas most common fruit 6500 BCE New Guinea
Wool garments/rugs woven wool 6000 BCE Mesopotamia
Yogurt bacteria cultures 5000 BCE Mesopotamia
Cheese preserved milk product 5000 BCE Poland
Irrigation first hydraulic engineering 5000 BCE Mesopotamia
Chickens domesticated least expensive meat 5200 BCE China
Plow, ard scratch plow domesticated oxen 5000 BCE Mesopotamia (10)
Leavened bread yeast 4000 BCE Egypt
Canal hydraulic engineering 4000 BCE Syria
Apple domestication common fruit 4000 BCE Kazakhstan

Inventions from the Medical Biotech Classification

InventionDescriptionYearInventorCountry
Dental drill dentistry 7000 BCE Indus River
Hallucinogenic mushrooms ceremony 7000 BCE Subsaharan Africa
Toothpaste oral hygiene 5000 BCE Egypt
Opium domestication powerful pain relief 5000 BCE Europe (67)

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