Written — Domestic Biotech
InventTable — WRITTEN ERA — Domestic Biotech
Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
Horse domesticated | coincides with wheel/axle | 3500 BCE | Eurasian steppes | |
First large city | Uruk, Sumer | 3200 BCE | Sumer, Mesopotamia | |
Cat domesticated | felines | 3000 BCE | Egypt | |
Dice | game | 3000 BCE | Egypt | |
Donkey/ass domesticated | beast of burden | 3000 BCE | Egypt | |
Distillation of alcohol | ethanol | 3000 BCE | Indus River | |
Toilet | indoor plumbing | 3000 BCE | Indus River (25) | |
Dam | with reservoir | 3000 BCE | Indus River | |
Cotton fabric | woven | 3000 BCE | Egypt | |
Soap | personal hygiene | 2800 BCE | Sumer, Mesopotamia (53) | |
Public baths | sewage system | 2600 BCE | Indus River | |
Levee | flood control | 2600 BCE | Indus River | |
Enclosed harbor | protected shipping | 2500 BCE | Indus River | |
Sulfur as a pesticide | agriculture | 2500 BCE | Mesopotamia | |
Pickles | preserved cucumbers | 2400 BCE | India/Mesopotamia | |
Noodles | from wheat dough | 2000 BCE | China | |
Aqueduct | water transport | 2000 BCE | Greece |