Great Olden TIme Inventions

The Incas

China

Maya

GUNPOWDER

It can explode and hurt people all around without warning.

It was a better way to win wars and make a profit on a weapon.

Solar Calendar

Vine Bridges

They were the ONLY way to get across gorges. No Helicopters or anything.

They could be easily burnt when a enemy comes near so that there is no way to get to the Incan civilization.

If it was cloudy, no one would know what day it was.

It was a way to tell time and when to have festivals, parties, etc.

Greece

Water Mill

Quipus

Needed special training to read it.

Way to record things.

Woodblock Printing

City-States

Could lead to wars between them.

A leader for each place.

First printing method.

Could be easily destroyed.

Later Hieroglyphs

Hard to interpret.

Way to record history.

Water Mills are unreliable during a drought and in the instance of a flood, they would break.

They are a good way to make electricity today, and in the olden times, they worked mills, shops, and other assorted businesses.