Ancient Greek
Inventions
Still Used
Today
100
Don't Snooze on this invention of water being slowly dripped into a container to raise a small floating piece of wood.  Used at speeches and politcs then but now used in bedrooms

What is an Alarm Clock/Timer

100

Heated water, Weights, and Pulleys were all involved in this way of telling citizens that the Temple was open.

What are Automatic Doors.

100

This vital component for grinding grain and mass production of staple foods like rice, flour, corn, and rye was invented around 300 BCE in Perachora

100

Enjoyed by Ancient Greeks going all the way back to the 6th Century BCE, this delectable Desert is still one of the most loved dishes today.

What is Cheesecake!  

200

Created for Temples and Churches in Ancient Greece, these devices were used for accessing Holy Water using coins.

What are Vending Machines

200

Pericles, the General of Athens, requested this be invented by Hippodomus for the city of Piraeus, the Port of Athens.

What is Urban Planning.  The first to actually plan out the proper arrangement of cities.

200

This vital way of pumping water and Irrigation was named after it's Inventor in 250BCE

200

Which way do we go?  The first World version of one of these was created in Ancient Greece as well as the fist attempt at understanding Longitude and Latitude

What are Maps and Cartography.

300

Discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece in 1900, this ancient Greek device was used by sailors to determine the location of stars and planets in the night sky.

The World's First Computer!   Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZy4a5uTYH0

300

Pharos, in Alexandria, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, was also the world's first one of these navigational necessities.

What is the Lighthouse.

300

Ancient Greek Seafarers used Buckets of Boulders and Stones to create the first of these Nautical Braking devices

What is the Anchor

300
Chicago has a beautiful one at Waveland Park, and Big Ben is one, but The very first one was created using a a massive amount of water in Ancient Greece

What is a Clock Tower

400

This now common neccessity was created by Greek Slaves that kept roaring fires burning heating air to move heated water through clay pipes under the floor of a building.

What is Central Heating

400

This Propulsion Device that changed Worldwide Shipping both by land and by sea in the 18th and 19th Century was invented in Ancient Greek Times.  It was only used as a novelty back then.

What is the Steam Engine.

400

Break the Walls Down!   Used all the way through the Middle Ages, these devices of warfare were developed and used during the Ancient Greek Wars

What are Siege Weapons.   (Catapults, Ballistas, the forerunners to Cannons, and Gastraphate)

400

Instead of Medals worn around the neck, the winners of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games were awarded this

500

A raised wooden seat, pots of water, and cut out troughs were all combined to create this pillar of modern civilization.  

500

Archemedis of Syracuse invented this device to keep pack mules and donkeys healthy on delivery trips

What is the Odometer.

500

This inventor of Trigonometry also invented astrological to help find stars and equinoxes like the Celstial Globe and the Equatorial Ring

Who is Hipparchaus of Nicaea.

500

Living in Alexandria, this inventor is responsible for creating 4 different inventions in this game

Who is Hero or Heron of Alexandria

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