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===Other innovations===
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Although perhaps not as prolific as other areas of Greece in regards to technological innovations, there are some inventions that may have originated in Macedonia aside from siege engines and artillery. The [[Rotation around a fixed axis|rotary-operated]] [[olive press]] for producing [[olive oil]] may have been invented in ancient Macedonia or another part of Greece, or even as far east as the [[Levant]] or [[Anatolia]].<ref>{{harvnb|Curtis|2008|p=380}}.</ref> [[History of glass|Mold-pressed glass]] first appeared in Macedonia in the 4th{{nbsp}}century{{nbsp}}BC (although it could have simultaneously existed in the Achaemenid Empire); the first known clear, translucent glass pieces of the Greek world have been discovered in Macedonia and [[Rhodes]] and date to the second half of the 4th{{nbsp}}century{{nbsp}}BC.<ref>{{harvnb|Stern|2008|pp=530–532}}.</ref> Greek technical and [[scientific literature]] began with [[Classical Athens]] in the 5th{{nbsp}}century{{nbsp}}BC, while the major production centers for technical innovation and texts during the Hellenistic period were [[Library of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Rhodian school|Rhodes]], and [[Pergamon]].<ref>{{harvnb|Cuomo|2008|pp=17–20}}.</ref>