Inventions: 1st millennium BC (1000 BC to 1 BC)

The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age. It sees the rise of many
successive empires including Neo-Assyrian, Achaemenids, Roman and Hellenism
Empires In Greece; the Maury in South Asia; the Scythians in Central Asia;
Confucianism in China; the Maya civilization in Central America and the
Ethiopian civilization in Africa.
Also the religions of Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism (Vedic religion and
Vedanta), Jainism and Buddhism developed by this time.

Year	Invention	Remarks
900 BC	Use of Cavalry	in Mesopotamia by the Assyrians
750 BC	False Teeth	in Etruria by the Etruscans (modern Italy)
750 BC	Metal Locks and Keys	in Rome
750 BC	Iron Scissors and Saws	in Europe
750 BC	Lenses	in Greece, a set of 10 magnifying lenses with holders
700 BC	Galley Warships	in Phoenicia, with multiple level oars
700 BC	Musical Notation	in India
650 BC	3D Painting	in Greece, on vases in Corinth
650 BC	Windmill	in Persia, to grind corn
640 BC	Coinage	in Lydia (modern Turkey)
600 BC	Light House	in Mediterranean, a bonfire on a tower
592 BC	Anchor, Maps	in Ancient Greece
500 BC	Sugar, Plastic / Cosmetic Surgery (Sushruta)	in India
500 BC	Railway	in Greece, 7km at the Corinth canal for moving boats
500 BC	Passport	in Persia, to allow government officials to travel without hinderence
478 BC	Democracy	in Athens, Greece
440 BC	Archery	in Greece
400 BC	Catapult	in Greece / Carthage
400 BC	Mirror	in Phoenicia (modern Lebanon), from Sidon
350 BC	Water Wheel, Watermill	in India
323 BC	Museum	in Alexandria (Egypt)
300 BC	Compass	in China
300 BC	Screw	in Greece by Archytas
200 BC	Archimedes Screw, Lever	in Mesopotamia, by Archimedes used for irrigation
250 BC	Piston	in Egypt by Ctesibius
200 BC	Horseshoe	in Ancient Rome
To	be	continued....