Ancient cultures and inventions?

Question

Can anyone answer this question?

Please, Name 4 inventions produced by the indigenous peoples of the following continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, North and South America) which spread globally and influenced modern humans of today.

Answer 1

Most of the people so far have given answers that have been misleading - things like america invented cars - actually Europeans did that - Ford just popularized the assembly line that made automobiles affordable... anyway...

Africa - Cartheginian and Egyptian architecture, and art influence parts of today's society - The Washington Monument is a prime example of spread...

Asia - Black powder completely changed the way humans looked at not only warfare, but celebration as well - fireworks and guns... that's just a start.

Europe - take a look around you - most of today's mainstream culture is a product of Europe... fashion, construction, art, religion, all kinds of things.

Australia - I would say the Australian influence would be something along the lines of introduction of new musical instruments, if nothing else...

North America - the Caucus system that the American government uses is based on a governmental system that the Algonquins used.  Something else I know that the Americans used that was unknown to Europeans was farming with a system called the 3 sisters - usually corn beans and squash - they supported each other and kept the soil rich by not depleating it.

South America had many things that the Spaniards and Dutch adopted when they invaded.  Off hand I cannot say anything in Particular, but I have no doubt that they had many different inventions - Someone mentioned the Calander, yes they had a calander, but we currently use the Gregorian Calander made by Pope Gregory XIII.

Answer 2

europe is the french fries, the green fairy (alcohol drink),asia fire crackers, writing,and medicine.  africa aids/hiv, hehe srry was a joke, id dont know what africa did maybe medicine, diamond. north america how to start war hehe j/k, the clapper, the apple computer,ipod, south america is kids thats not a joke i live in south america, pepper sauce. thats all i have hope i helped

Answer 3

Hmmmmm......the telescope, electricity, the phonograph, and the radio/ discovery of radio waves.- unless you mean ANCIENT inventions, and in that case....I'd have to study up.

Answer 4

Ancient Africa- inventions___________

papyrus- earliest form of writing paper, today many of the anceint documents from Africa studied by anthropologists are made papyrus.

Chess, originated in Africa and later spread to Persia and India.

irrigation

mummification ( preserving the deceased)

Mining - originated in Africa, to get gold, tin, copper and other metals. Mining is still used today.

Petroleum- was used in Africa to preserve the dead (as seen in Egyptian tombs) and other cultural burial sites. Petroleum is still used today as a preservative and for other industrial uses.

Using cotton as a fabric

Spinning wheel

Musical instruments (fiddle, slit gong, thumb piano, harp, bows)

Writing- heiroglyphics, this is seen through out Africa, from Egypt to Ethiopia and is seen everywhere.

Soap- the earliest forms of soap were made in Africa. Black soap is  ancient but still used as a beauty product by many people  in Africa, for it's cleansing and moisturizing properties.

Ceramics

Hair braiding

Domestication of animals.

System of higher education, like universities, this began in Timbuktu.

Mathematics: algebra, geometry, arithmetic, was developed in Egypt and through out many parts of Africa.

Ancient Asia __________

-ice cream (China)

-gunpowder

-fireworks

- building terraces for farming

-indoor heating for homes (China)

-magnetic compass

-drink fermentation

-waterwheel

-paper

-type writer

-clockworks

-printing (Tang Dynasty)

-toilets (India)

North America/ South America_______

-jerky (dehydrating meat  for storage)

- ceramics

-lacrosse (Iroquois Indians)

-moccasins and rubber bottom shoes-were used in South America)

-canoes

- baseball (Choctaw Indians)

-chocolate drinks

Australia_____________

-boomerangs

(In 1914, inventor David Unaipon used the principles of boomerang flight to anticipate the helicopter. A Ngarrindjeri man, Unaipon was fascinated by the idea of perpetual motion and invented such things as an improved handpiece for sheepshearing, a centrifugal motor and a multi-radial wheel. David Unaipon appears on the Australian $50 note)

-Didgeridoo

-stone tools ( for grinding)

Mediteranean Europe____________

-Ancient Greece-

ceramics

philosophies

Illiad

Odyssey

democracy

Olympic Games

-Ancient Rome-

was greatly influenced by the older  places  in Africa and Asia, and Greece

Roman architecture bears a strong resemblance to older Egyptian architecture

-different art perespectives

-aqueducts

These are the ancient inventions and contributions of all the continents.

Answer 5

Europe- Romans created the aqueducts.

Africa-nothing that we still use today. only the ancient egyptians did stuff along with the Mali civiliazation.

Asia- Middle Easterners created the number system and algebra.

Australia-they dont do anything.

North America- the car (henry Ford), planes(wright brothers).

South America- Mayans created the calendar in which we use.