Since no one had anything to say about the middle Renaissance, I'm going to go ahead and post the late Renaissance. These are technologies that make their appearance after 1700.
Date|Tech|Event
1735|
Biology
|Linneaus publishes
Systema Naturae
and establishes Linnean taxonomy
1735|
Zoology
|Linnean taxonomy established
1751|
Geology
|Name introduced in the
Encyclopédie
1753|
Botany
|Linneaus publishes
Species Plantarum
1756|
Rifling
|Seven Years' War introduces rifle sharpshooters
1757|
Sextant
|First sextant made
1765|
Replaceable Parts
|
Système Gribeauval
standardizes artillery production
1764|
Archeology
|Johann Joachim Winckelmann publishes
The History of Ancient Art
1776|
Economics
|Adam Smith publishes
Wealth of Nations
1783|
Hot Air Balloon
|Montgolfier brothers flight
1783|
Emancipation
|Quakers found first British abolitionist society
1787|
Constitution
|United States Constitution ratified
1787|
Representative Democracy
|United States government established
1792|
Nationalism
|French Revolution
1800|
Grand War
|Napoleonic Wars
1800|
Military Tradition
|Napoleonic Wars
There are two difficulties here: first is separating
Biology,
Botany, and
Zoology, since it's very hard to tell when these become distinct sciences. I like the idea of having them as separate technologies, but I ran into some trouble telling them apart. Second is having
Constitution,
Representative Democracy, and
Nationalism very close together. I'll listen to suggestions for how to pull them a little apart.
Kicked Upstairs: New Industrial Techs
There are also seven technologies that I think need to be sent from the Renaissance to the Industrial Era. One is because of the technological path; the others are all things that come into prominence after 1800, which is really where I believe the Industrial Era should start.
Date|Tech|Event
1792|
Gas Lighting
|First lighting of a house; used coal gas, so I think this needs to come
after
Steam Power
1817|
Paleontology
|Georges Cuvier publishes
The Animal Kingdom
1818|
Bicycles
|Velocipede patented
1830|
Mormon
|Joseph Smith publishes
Book of Mormon
1837|
Meteorology
|Telegraph allows coordination of weather information
1841|
Marine Biology
|Edward Forbes explores the Aegean and founds marine ecology
1872|
Wildlife Conservation
|Yellowstone National Park established
The next post will have a map of the new Renaissance Era and a list of the new prerequisite requirements.