Editing 2nd millennium (section)

==Cultural and technological history==
{{further|History of technology|History of science}}
{{further|East–West Schism|Renaissance of the 12th century|Neo-Confucianism|Bhakti movement|Reformation|Spiritualism (movement)|Great Awakening}}
{{further|Renaissance|Scientific Revolution|Age of Enlightenment|Modernity|Industrial Revolution|European miracle}}

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* [[Firearm]]s ({{circa|1100}})
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* [[Rocket]]s (c. 1200s)<ref>{{cite web |title=A brief history of rocketry |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/rocket-history.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060805203537/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/rocket-history.txt |archive-date=2006-08-05 |access-date=2006-08-19 |work=NASA Spacelink |quote=Rockets appear in Arab literature in 1258 A.D., describing Mongol invaders' use of them on February 15 to capture the city of Baghdad}}</ref>
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* [[Longbow]] ({{circa|1386}})
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* [[Printing press]] ({{circa|1450}})<ref name="keeley">{{cite web |last=Keeley |first=Larry |date=2007-02-16 |title=The Greatest Innovations of All Time |url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2007/id20070216_377845.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207082148/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/feb2007/id20070216_377845.htm |archive-date=7 December 2008  <!--(DASHBot)--> |access-date=2008-11-12 |work=BusinessWeek |publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.}}</ref>
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* [[Accounting]] ({{circa|1494}})
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* [[Thermometer]] (1596)
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* [[Probability]] ({{circa|1549}})
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* [[Calculus]] ({{circa|1680}})
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* [[Barometer]] (1643)
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*[[Electrostatic generator]] (1706)
*[[Electric battery]] (1800)
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* [[Vaccination]] (1796)<ref name="keeley" /><ref name="discovery">{{cite web |year=2008 |title=The Big 100: the Science Channels 100 Greatest Discoveries |url=http://science.discovery.com/convergence/100discoveries/big100/big100.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031221120/http://science.discovery.com/convergence/100discoveries/big100/big100.html |archive-date=31 October 2008 |access-date=2008-11-12 |publisher=Discovery Communications, LLC}}</ref>
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* [[Steam engine]] (1712)
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* [[Submarine]] (1775)
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*[[Telegraph]] (1832)
*[[Photography]] (1837)
*[[Telephone]] (1860)
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*[[Atomic theory]] (1808)<ref name="discovery" />
*[[Anesthesia]] (1842)<ref name="keeley" /><ref name="discovery" />
*[[Introduction to evolution|Natural selection]] (1858)<ref name="discovery" />
*[[History of genetics|Genetics]] (1866)<ref name="keeley" /><ref name="discovery" />
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*[[Canned food]] (1809)
*[[Plastic]] (1855)<ref>{{cite book |last=UK Patent office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nCoU-2tAx8C&pg=PA255 |title=Patents for inventions |publisher=UK Patent office |year=1857 |page=255}}</ref>
*[[Frozen food]] (1868)
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*[[Steam locomotive]] (1804)
*[[Bicycle]] (1817)
*[[Internal combustion engine]] (1833)
*[[Steam turbine]] (1884)
*[[Car|Automobile]] (1886)
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*[[Animation]] (1906)
*[[Television]] (1932)
*[[Computer]] (1939)
*[[Transistor]] (1947)
*[[Satellite]] (1957)
*[[Internet]] (1969)<ref name="keeley" />
*[[Video game]]s (1972)
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*[[Special relativity]] (1905)<ref name="discovery" />
*[[Penicillin]] (1920)<ref name="keeley" /><ref name="discovery" />
*[[DNA#History|DNA]] (1928)<ref name="discovery" />
*[[Quantum mechanics]] (1935)<ref name="discovery" />
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*[[Assembly line]] (1901)<ref>{{cite web |last=Ament |first=Phil |title=Assembly Line History: Invention of the Assembly Line |url=http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/assbline.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117205321/http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/assbline.htm |archive-date=2018-01-17 |access-date=2011-10-15 |publisher=Ideafinder.com}}</ref>
*[[Sliced bread]] (1928)
*[[Nuclear reactor]] (1942)
*[[Food processor]] (1960s)
*[[Finite geometry]] (1989)
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*[[Airplane]] (1903)
*[[Satellite]] (1957)
*[[Apollo program|Moon landing]] (1969)
*[[Space station]] (1971)
*[[Self-driving car]] (1977)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Srinivas |first1=Rao P |author2=Rohan Gudla |author3=Vijay Shankar Telidevulapalli |author4=Jayasree Sarada Kota |author5=Gayathri Mandha |date=2022 |title=Review on self-driving cars using neural network architectures |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Tsukuba-Mechanical-Engineering-Lab-Japan-1977-computerized-driverless-car-achieved-spe_fig2_365874855 |journal=World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews |volume=16 |pages=736–746 |doi=10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1240 |doi-access=free |number=2}}</ref>
*[[Global Positioning System|GPS navigation]] (1978)
*[[Reusable launch vehicle]] (1981)

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*[[Seaplane tender|Aircraft carrier]] (1911)
*[[Tank]]s (1916)
*[[Nuclear weapon]] (1945)
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