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430
Caltrops
<a href='http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/InventionsC.htm' These were scattered in front of their battle lines to slow down attacks from the Persian war elephants. These have four metal points on them. They will hurt animal hooves and tires. -
500
Hula Hoop
Lahanas, Michael. "Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions." Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions. Helenica, 39 Sept. 2003. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.
Hula hoops were made from grape vines and stick put together to form a circle. The hoop rotates around the body. Overweight people used them to loose weight. -
500
The Heavy Plough
"Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages." Listverse. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013.The heavy plough is a mouldboard shaped in a triangular way. The tip would cut through the crops. The plough was fragile, and were unable to cut through the heavy soil of Europe. -
500
Compound Pulley
'http://classroom.synonym.com/ancient-greek-invention-pulley-9468.html' This was used to make lifting heavy items not as difficult. The famous mathmatician Archimedes. -
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550
Catapult
Lahanas, Michael. "Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions." Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions. Helenica, 39 Sept. 2003. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.A catipult is used to hurl heavy object and arrows over a long distance. This was invented by the Dionysius the elder of Syracuse. -
Jan 1, 700
Tide Mills
<a href='http://listverse.com/2007/09/22/top-10-inventions-of-the-middle-ages/' A special type of water mill that depends on the rise and fall of the tide. -
Jan 9, 1100
Liquor
"Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages." Listverse. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Dec. 2013.Specially shaped pots were used to extract small amounts of liquor. Liquor was mainly used for perfumes and drinking. -
Jan 1, 1268
Eyeglasses
Fraiter, Jamie. "Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages." Listverse. Listverse, 22 Sept. 2007. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.Roger Bacon created the first known pair of eyeglasses. To do this, he had to magnify lenses and put them into frames. They were mainly used for reading. -
Jan 1, 1300
Spinning Wheel
http://listverse.com/2007/09/22/top-10-inventions-of-the-middle-ages/</a> The spinning wheel was most likely invented in India but no one is sure. Once it reached Greeece it was redesigned. -
Jan 9, 1366
Scales
Lahanas, Michael. "Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions." Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions. Helenica, 39 Sept. 2003. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.Scales were used for weghing things like stones. It worked by someong putting an object on one side and a weight of equal or almost equal weight on the other side. -
Jan 6, 1410
Camera
Lahanas, Michael. "Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions." Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions. Helenica, 39 Sept. 2003. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.The first camera was a box with a little hole on one side and a piece of papyrus on the other. The man who invented it was named artistotil. The picture was created by light going through a dark chamber in the camera creating the image. -
Jan 1, 1500
telescope
Lahanas, Michael. "Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions." Greece, Ancient Greek Inventions. Helenica, 39 Sept. 2003. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.The telescope is a long, hollow, stick covered with brass and a wood interior measuring six feet in diameter. It was used to look at stars and other planets -
Thermometer
'http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Inventions.htm' Galileo created a tube that can dertimine what is the temperature is. This invention is still being used today. -
Hourglass
Fraiter, Jamie. "Top 10 Inventions of the Middle Ages." Listverse. Listverse, 22 Sept. 2007. Web. 07 Jan. 2014.The hourglass is one of the few ways to mesuare time. This was used all over the world, but mainly in China. 18 hourglasses were put onto all English ships. Ferdinand Magellan ship was one of them.
