The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions.
Note: Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several inventors around the same time, or may be invented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first known working version of the invention is used here.
Paleolithic era
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- 500s: Chess in India[52]
- 500s: Ludo in India[53]
- 559: Manned kite: Yuan Huangtou
- 589: Toilet paper: Yan Zhitui in China
- 610-632: Miswak toothbrush: Muhammad in Arabia
- 605: Open-spandrel segmental arch bridge: Li Chun in China
- 618-700: Porcelain in China
- 618-907: Water-powered rotary fan in China
- 634-644: Windmill: Umar[54]
- 673: Greek fire: Kallinikos of Heliopolis
- 673: Flamethrower in Syria
- 700: Quill pen
- 700-900: Charitable trust in the Arab Empire[55][56]
- 700s: Brass astrolabe: Muhammad al-Fazari[57]
- 700s: Destructive distillation: Arabic chemists[58]
- 700s: Inoculation: Madhav in India[59]
- 700s: Glass factory in Syria[60]
- 700s: Pottery factory in Syria[60]
- 721-800: Coloured glass: Geber[61]
- 721-815: Alembic: Geber (Jabir ibn Hayyan)[62]
- 721-815: Still: Geber[62]
- 721-815: Retort: Geber[63]
- 721-815: Filtration: Geber[64]
- 721-815: Crystallization: Geber[65]
- 721-815: Pure distillation: Geber[64]
- 721-815: Distilled alcohol: Geber[62]
- 721-815: Distilled wine: Geber[62]
- 721-815: Distilled beverage: Geber[62]
- 721-815: Mineral acid: Geber[66]
- 721-815: Nitric acid: Geber[66]
- 721-815: Hydrochloric acid: Geber[66]
- 721-815: Sulfuric acid: Geber[66][67]
- 721-815: Uric acid: Geber[68]
- 721-815: Acetic acid: Geber[65][69]
- 721-815: Citric acid: Geber[65]
- 721-815: Tartaric acid: Geber[65]
- 721-815: Aqua regia: Geber[66]
- 721-815: Cheese glue: Geber[70]
- 721-815: Plated mail: Geber[70]
- 721-815: Lustreware: Geber[71]
- 721-815: Tin-glazing: Geber[72]
- 721-815: Cucurbit: Geber[73]
- 721-815: Evacuation tube: Geber[73]
- 721-815: Aludel: Geber[73]
- 721-815: Artificial pearl[70]
- 721-815: Purified pearl[70]
- 721-815: Dyed pearl[70]
- 721-815: Dyed gemstone [70]
- 721-815: Artificial gemstone[70]
- 721-925: Rose water: Geber, Al-Kindi (Alkindus), Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes)[73]
- 721-925: Heated bath: Geber, Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[73]
- 721-925: Sand bath: Geber, Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[73]
- 721-925: Funnel: Geber, Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[73]
- 721-925: Sieve: Geber, Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[73]
- 721-925: Filter: Geber, Al-Kindi, Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi[73]
- 725: Clockwork escapement mechanism: Yi Xing of China
- 754: Pharmacy in Baghdad[74]
- 754: Drugstore in Baghdad[74]
- 758-764: Tar pavement in Baghdad[58]
- 763-800: Public hospital: Harun al-Rashid[75]
- 763-800: Psychiatric hospital in Baghdad[76]
- 794: Paper mill in Baghdad[77]
- Amalgamation: Arabic chemists[73]
- Ceration: Arabic chemists[73]
- Dry distillation: Arabic chemists
- Solution: Arabic chemists[73]
- Sublimation: Arabic chemists[64][73]
- Water purification: Arabic chemists[78]
- Purified water: Arabic chemists[78]
- Fusible alloy: Arabic chemists[73]
- Petrol: Arabic chemists[79]
- Apothecary: Arabic physicians[80]
- Lateen in India[48]
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