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2600 BC – Large scale commercial timbering of cedars in Phoenicia (Lebanon) for export to Egypt and Sumeria. Similar commercial timbering in South India. 1700 BC – Wind powered machine developed by Babylonians 1300 BC – Creation of canal linking the Nile delta to the Red Sea 691 BC – First aqueduct (approx. 50 miles long) constructed to bring water to Nineveh. 530 BC – Tunnel of Eupalinos first underground aqueduct 500 BC – The moldboard iron plough is invented in China 500 BC – Row cultivation of crops using intensive hoeing to weed and conserve moisture practised in China 300 BC – Efficient trace harness for plowing invented in China 200 BC – Efficient collar harness for plowing invented in China 100 BC – Rotary winnowing fan invented in China 100 BC – The multi-tube seed drill is invented in China AD 200 – The fishing reel invented in China 600 – The distillation of alcohol in China 607 – The Chinese begin constructing a massive canal system to connect the Yellow and Yangtze rivers |
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