4. Greece
We are continuing our list of countries that have invented the most things in all human history with Greece -that’s also known as the “Cradle of the Western Civilization”- is, logically, have to be close to the top. Even though they’re not the kings of household appliances, they’ve been around way, waaay before those, so they basically had the first shot at inventing EVERYTHING. From the most physically tangible to the most abstract, they are the cement (which they invented, btw) of modern western society. To name but a few of their inventions:
Alphabet, Anchor, Alarm Clock, Automatic Doors, Cartography, Catapult, Central Heating, Clock Tower, Coin Money, Crane, Crossbow, Democracy, Geometry, Historiography, Lighthouse, Mathematics, Medicine, Odometer, Olympics, Philosophy, Physics, Plumbing, Poetry, Sinks, Showers, Spiral Staircase, Steam Engine, Surveying tools, Thermometer, Umbrella, Urban Planning, Vending Machine, Water Mill, Wheelbarrow.
The list just goes on and on, not to mention that many of this inventions founded the indispensable basis for countless others to come. They are said to also have invented sodomy, so good for them.
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