I mean that we are influenced by the Mesopotomians, since the Roman Empire, which had a proeminent role on the development of Europe, was vastly influenced by Greece(religion, culture, philosophy, etc) and Greece is known to have taken advantage of its contacts with Mesopotomian cultures.
What did your country discover/invent?
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I mean that we are influenced by the Mesopotomians, since the Roman Empire, which had a proeminent role on the development of Europe, was vastly influenced by Greece(religion, culture, philosophy, etc) and Greece is known to have taken advantage of its contacts with Mesopotomian cultures.
I thought Sid Meier invented Civilization (somwone had to say it evetually).
Canada also invented the snowmobile (or as we call it, the ski-doo) and (preparing for the inevitable debate to follow this one) the telephone.
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There is perhaps one thing that distinguishes Greek culture from that of Mesopotamia, and that is that they were able to tell their own story. And not only that: Herodotus, Thychodides, Xenophon, Aristotle and so on were independent writers. Unlike the Persian and Mesopotamian writings which mostly concern themselves with royal propaganda inscriptions, religious or mythological writings or economic and astronomical tables - the Greeks saw it fit to allow (well some of the time they did) individual citizens to deliver their very subjective descriptions on what went on in Greece and beyond.
The question I find interesting is why did they find it neccesary to publish these writings? Subjective (and subversive) writing, what we call litterature, is not a neccesary precondition for civilization.
The question I find interesting is why did they find it neccesary to publish these writings? Subjective (and subversive) writing, what we call litterature, is not a neccesary precondition for civilization.
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Canada invented penicillin? I thought Alexander Fleming was a Brit!
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Baudhayana discovered the so-called Pythagoras theorem a hundred years before Pythagoras.
The Indus valley people were the first to use toilets IN their homes and had a drainage system comparable to the best in the world.
Indian metallurgists created an Iron pillar which has'nt rusted in 1500 years.
Aryabhatta was the first to state that the Earth was a sphere and accurately calculated the time or revolution of the Earth to be 365 and 1/4th days and also calculated the Earth's radius and diameter most accurately in around the 7th c. A.D
Charaka gave the world plastic surgery, in the 5th c. AD.
Yoga or hatha Yoga as it should be correctly called, was invented by Patanjali.
These are the things which I can remember off the top of my head, I'll put in some more later.
The Indus valley people were the first to use toilets IN their homes and had a drainage system comparable to the best in the world.
Indian metallurgists created an Iron pillar which has'nt rusted in 1500 years.
Aryabhatta was the first to state that the Earth was a sphere and accurately calculated the time or revolution of the Earth to be 365 and 1/4th days and also calculated the Earth's radius and diameter most accurately in around the 7th c. A.D
Charaka gave the world plastic surgery, in the 5th c. AD.
Yoga or hatha Yoga as it should be correctly called, was invented by Patanjali.
These are the things which I can remember off the top of my head, I'll put in some more later.
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Well, I've seen in this thread - a Scot, & a Canadian say they invented the telephone. Actually, Bell was born in Scotland, moved to Canada, and then settled in the U.S., before starting his career as an inventor. So, that'll be quite enough of other countries trying to hijack our invention(s).
For my own contribution:
America invented the CPU (central processing unit), for the Apollo Guidance Computer, used in the flights to the moon.
...obviously an invention in widespread use today.
For my own contribution:
America invented the CPU (central processing unit), for the Apollo Guidance Computer, used in the flights to the moon.
...obviously an invention in widespread use today.
I must challenge some of these claims:
The:
1st - Holland was not the nation of origin of the inventor of the submarine. John Phillips Holland, the inventor of the submarine was Irish. He invented the submarine after leaving Ireland to emmigrate to the United States. The Submarine was invented in 1881, in New Jersey (USA).
2nd - Canada being the nation of origin of the inventor of Penicillin. Alexander Flemming invented Penicillin in 1928. He was born in Scotland and moved, later, to London. Scotland or the United Kingdom lays claim to this prize.
3rd - U.K getting credit for the steamship. Robert Fulton, created the first real steamship. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. He created the steamship "Clermont" in 1807, however John Fitch (from Philadelphia, PA) created one in 1790.
these should be enough to discredit this person's claims.
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Could be, but didn't mister Bell copy/steal the telephone invention?
I learnt he simply was a bit smarter when it came to juridical matters.
He was the first to actually make a telephone afaik.
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Yeah, actually you're right. Bell really stole the entire plans for the telephone invention - while in the Netherlands. It was actually the Dutch (ancestors of Stapel, in fact), that invented the telephone - and should be given full credit. Yes! Really!
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Well, speaking of big, colorful bombs... using your rule who invented the hydrogen bomb then? Edward Teller was born in Hungary, lived in Germany, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1935... and lived here for almost 20 years before the H-bomb was invented. Not to mention, it was really a *team* of mostly American theoretical scientists, which Teller was head man - that invented the thing.
So.... you want to give the Hungarians credit for this? I don't think so.
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Foie-gras was invented by the Romans.
It is well known by those in the cooking profession outside of France that the birth of French haute cuisine came when the chefs of the Medicis were lured away from Italy to work in Versailles. The bit about it rising up from the humble peasant food is nationalistic claptrap rather than fact.
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Jet engine (credit shared with Great Britain)
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According to an article I just read, it was a poor Italian, Antonio Meucci, who invented the telephone on Kuba. He then moved to New York where he tried to get a patent on his invention, but he had a hard time affording the costs and was target to unlucky accidents, so Bell was the one getting the fame and money for it. The two men shared a lab for some time in New York... After an investigation in June last year, the American Congress decided that Antonio Meucci is to be considered the true inventor of the telephone.
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Originally posted by PantheraTigris2
Yeah, actually you're right. Bell really stole the entire plans for the telephone invention - while in the Netherlands. It was actually the Dutch (ancestors of Stapel, in fact), that invented the telephone - and should be given full credit. Yes! Really!
Uhhmm, I was being serious PT2! But still, he might have stolen it from another american.