| Invention | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
