I did some very casual research to try to better get a grip on ideas about technology levels in my setting. I came across some timelines of inventions that I thought I'd post, because I find them pretty interesting. They could prove useful for folks wanting to approximate the "feel" of a certain historical era in their worlds, or for folks curious about easily-overlooked bits of technology they might want to include.
Timeline of inventions, organized by year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_invention)
List of inventions (with dates), organized alphabetically (http://www.indianchild.com/inventions.htm)
Yes, it does look very useful. But I found an error:
[blockquote Luminous Crayon]5th millenium BC: Beer and bread in Egypt[/blockquote] Everyone knows beer has been around for all time :-p
Wow. That's useful. Thanks.
Sweet. Very nice of you, LC.
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