Technology in the ancient world

It's probable that the ancient people in Mesopotamia were the first to use the wheel for transportation around 3200 BC. If that's not impressive enough, the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon were dreamed up and executed by this ancient culture.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Mesopotamia, what is now called Iraq, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, from around 3500 B.C.E. to about 331 B.C.E., in the fields of construction, irrigation, pottery, the wheel, numbers, weights, measures, astronomy, a written language, metals, weapons, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Rome from around 509 B.C.E. to about 476 C.E. as the Romans primarily by adopting and improving upon technology from subjugated peoples made significant advances in farming and food production, textiles and glassware, and built walls, bridges, roads, and spectacular aqueducts.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Greece from around 1600 B.C.E. to about 100 B.C.E. in the fields of agriculture, building, architecture, sculpture, theaters, science, weapons, astronomy, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Egypt from around 3100 B.C.E. to about 300 B.C.E. as the Egyptians made significant advances in building, preserving the dead, astronomy, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient China in the fields of agriculture, building, architecture, astronomy, transportation, medicine and more.

Examines important technological improvements in the ancient Americas from around 3114 B.C.E. to about 1521 C.E. in the fields of agriculture, building, transportation, astronomy, calendars, metalwork, weapons and warfare, medicine, textiles, and more.