Invention | Notes | ||
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650 BCE | Windmill | Persia | to grind corn |
600 BCE | Polo | Persia | played on horseback |
500 BCE | First Highways | Persia | with inns for travellers along the way |
500 BCE | Passport | Persia | to allow government officials to travel without hinderence |
400 BCE | Ice Cream | Persia | |
312 BCE | Chronology | Persia | by Seleucid Empire years counted sequentially and not by ruler |
550 | Carpets | Persia | |
600 | Postal Service | Persia | by the Ummayad Caliphs used mounted couriers and 930 stations |
825 | Modern Arithmatic and Algebra | Persia | by al-Khwarizmi |
931 | Medical Entrance Exams | Persia | for entrance into medical schools |