Ancient technology

During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result from advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated societies to adopt new ways of living and governance.

This article includes the advances in technology and the development of several engineering arts before the Middle Ages, which began after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, the death of Justinian I in the 6th century, the coming of Islam in the 7th century, or the rise of Charlemagne in the 8th century. For technologies developed in medieval societies, see Medieval technology and Inventions in medieval Islam.

A significant number of inventions were developed in the Islamic world; a geopolitical region that has at various times extended from al-Andalus and Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Malay Archipelago in the east. Many of these inventions had direct implications for Fiqh related issues.

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Graffiti Was a Powerful Form of Protest in Ancient Rome – as Gladiator II Shows

Ancient Origins 28 Nov 2024
The moment has caused history buffs around the world to wince – the printing press wouldn’t be invented for another 1,200 years. But the film also depicts a much more authentic form of mass communication in the ancient city ... Yet there was also a serious side to ancient graffiti....
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There Aren't Seven Continents, There's Two. Or Four. Or Nine. Wait, What?

IFL Science 27 Nov 2024
“It is an invention springing from three things,” Elledge tells IFLScience. “1) an understandable ancient Greek impulse to put themselves at the center of the world, without the knowledge to tell them that Europe and Asia actually connected up round the back of the Black Sea; 2) ......
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Was money man’s most significant creation?

The Times/The Sunday Times 26 Nov 2024
In the past, when trying to explain how our ancestors developed, we have often focused on a source of energy or a physical technology that aided their progress — for example, the invention of the wheel, the discovery of coal or the arrival of the plough ... It motivates us to strive, achieve, invent and take risks....
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How graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome

Alternet 25 Nov 2024
The moment has caused history buffs around the world to wince – the printing press wouldn’t be invented for another 1,200 years. But the film also depicts a much more authentic form of mass communication in the ancient city ... Yet there was also a serious side to ancient graffiti....
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I've only gone and invented the coolest gift of 2024! | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 23 Nov 2024
I had not just knitted but, basically, invented a scarf and it looked brilliant ...Thank you, I invented it!’ I replied ... ‘Maddy! You didn’t invent the triangle!’ I sighed ... ‘The triangle as a concept is deeply rooted in ancient mathematics and geometry, and there isn’t a specific individual credited with its “invention”.’ Sure.)....
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Gladiator II has baboons, Coliseum sharks, Paul Mescal’s thighs, and so much historical inaccuracy

Vox 21 Nov 2024
Though Mescal is capable of biting and choking, it is unlikely gladiators were doing so in Ancient Rome ... a naval battle in the Coliseum where sharks eat human competitors, at least one domesticated battle rhino, and what seems to be a newspaper despite Ancient Rome predating the printing press ... But Ridley Scott believes Ancient Rome could....
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Robin Carolan – Nosferatu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Quietus 21 Nov 2024
The score feels contemporary in its writing, but its colours suggest a far more complicated palette than usual, with an orchestra built of sixty string players, harp, woodwinds, percussion, a variety of ancient horns and pipes, and, of course, a choir. Carolan’s use of the choir is wonderfully inventive at times, and often panic-inducing ... .......
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Iraq bans alcohol in hotels and clubs, bringing country close to near-total ban

The Spokesman-Review 20 Nov 2024
Iraq on Monday officially banned alcohol in social clubs and hotels - among the last venues serving booze - in what might be the last step in the country’s drawn-out process of stamping out alcohol ... Alcohol has a long, on-and-off history in Iraq. Beer is thought to have been invented by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia some 5,000 years ago....
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12,000-Year-Old Stones Reveal Possible Early Use of Wheel-Like Technology

Ancient Origins 13 Nov 2024
A Revolutionary Invention. Tracing the Origins of Ancient Wheels Enigmatic Ancient Wheel ... She adds that by reconstructing and testing these tools, researchers are able to connect modern technology with the resourcefulness of our ancient ancestors, revealing a continuous link between early invention and current-day scientific methods....
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I Witness China | What ancient Chinese books look like before invention of paper

Xinhua 13 Nov 2024
... writing before the invention of paper ... What ancient Chinese books look like before invention of paper....

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