The Egyptians and Phoenicians invent the sailboats
The Phoenicians and Egyptians sailed under cloth sails on single log and simple long narrow sailboats.
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The Phoenicians and Egyptians sailed under cloth sails on single log and simple long narrow sailboats.
The Egyptians and Phoenicians invent the sailboats Read more
Copper artifacts recovered from Nubia provide the earliest known evidence of metal smelting in sub-Saharan Africa, dating back sometime after 4000 B.C.E. – they were most likely imports from Egypt.
The peoples of sub-Saharan Africa begin metal smelting Read more
The human history of Macau stretches back up to 6,000 years, and includes many different and diverse civilizations and periods of existence. Evidence of human and culture dating back 4,000 to 6,000 years has been discovered on the Macau Peninsula and dating back 5,000 years on Coloane Island.
Humans settle on the Macau Peninsula for the first time Read more
The first farming and thus the start of the Neolithic period, began ca. 4000 B.C.E. around the Oslofjord, with the technology coming from southern Scandinavia.
Early Norwegians begin farming for the first time Read more
Originating in China almost 6,000 years ago, Feng Shui, also referred to as “Geomancy”, literally means “wind” (Feng) and “water” (Shui).
Feng shui developed in ancient China Read more
The oldest constructed roads discovered to date are in former Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq.
First paved roads built in cities of Ur and Babylon Read more
Baker’s yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and bakery products.
Humans begin using yeast to make bread, perhaps in Ancient Egypt Read more
Lost-wax casting is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass or bronze) is cast from an original sculpture.
Humans invent lost-wax casting, perhaps in modern-day Pakistan Read more
According to Confucian text, the discovery of silk production dates to about 2700 B.C.E., although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early as the Yangshao period (5000-3000 B.C.E.).
Humans of the Yangshao period in China produce silk for the first time Read more
The Funnelbeaker culture developed as a technological merger of local neolithic and mesolithic techno-complexes, introducing farming and husbandry as a major source of food to the pottery-using hunter-gatherers north of this line.
The Funnelbeaker culture flourishes in north-central Europe Read more