Timelines of real-world inventions (a handy resource)

[Lmns Crn]

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

List of inventions (with dates), organized alphabetically

[Higgs Boson]

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

[Raelifin]

Wow. That's useful. Thanks.

[Matt Larkin (author)]

Sweet. Very nice of you, LC.

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