Editing 1st millennium BC (section)

===Inventions, discoveries, introductions===
{{see|Ancient technology}}
[[File:Placca pantera, da regione di krasnodar, kurgan chertomlyk, oro a sbalzo e cesellato, fine VII sec ac..JPG|thumb|[[Scythian art|Scythian]] gold plaque with panther (late 7th century BC)]]
[[File:The Parthenon in Athens.jpg|thumb|The [[Parthenon]], [[Ancient Athens|Athens]] (5th century BC)]]
[[File:Arte greca, giovane vittorioso, 300-100 ac. 02.JPG|thumb|upright|''The [[Victorious Youth]]'' (c. 310 BC), a preserved bronze statue of a Greek athlete in [[Contrapposto]] pose]]
[[File:The Wrestler (Olmec) by DeLange.jpg|upright|thumb|"[[The Wrestler (sculpture)|The Wrestler]]", an [[Olmec]] era statuette, dated roughly 1400–400&nbsp;BC]]
[[File:Human headed winged bull facing.jpg|thumb|[[Lamassu]] facing forward. Bas-relief from the king [[Sargon II]]'s palace at Dur Sharrukin in [[Assyria]] (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BC. From Paul-Émile Botta's excavations in 1843–1844.]] 
*8th century BC
** [[Greek alphabet]], the first alphabet with vowels.
*7th century BC
**[[Trireme]]<!--7th century BC--><ref name=who/>
*6th century BC
**[[Diolkos|Paved trackway]]<!--600 BC--><ref name=who>{{cite web |title=Who Built it First |work=Ancient Discoveries |publisher=A&E Television Networks |year=2008 |url=http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&display_order=5&content_type_id=60600&mini_id=52979 |access-date=2009-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429202316/http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&display_order=5&content_type_id=60600&mini_id=52979 |archive-date=2009-04-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Pythagorean theorem]]
**[[Monotheism]]<ref>Although disputed, some scholars see the emergence of monotheism proper in the context of the [[Babylonian exile]], during which the [[Israelites]] adopted aspects of [[Babylonian religion]], resulting in [[Second Temple Judaism]] by 515 BC.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=pBSJNDndGjwC&pg=PA225 No Other Gods: Emergent Monotheism in Israel]
Also credited with early monotheism is [[Zoroastrianism]], founded at roughly the same time. [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism]</ref>
*5th century BC
** [[Blast furnace]] China<ref>{{Harvnb|Temple|1986|pp=}}</ref>
** [[Atomism]]<!--440 BC-->
**[[History of crossbows|Crossbow]]<!--5th century BC--><ref name=who/>
**[[Siege engine]]<!--429 BC--><ref name=who/>
*4th century BC
**[[Pāṇini|formal grammar]]<!-- '''Pāṇini''', fl. 4th century BCE -->
**[[Kyrenia ship]]<!--4th century BC c.350BC--><ref name=who/>
*3rd century BC
**[[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]<!--290 BC--><ref name=who/>
**Malleable [[Cast iron]] China<ref>{{Harvnb|Temple|1986|pp=15}}</ref>
** [[Archimedes' principle]]
** [[Eratosthenes|Spherical Earth]]
** [[Water clock]]<!--245 BC--><ref name=who/>
** [[Qin dynasty|Qin]] built and unified various sections of the [[Great Wall of China]].
** Qin built [[Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor|Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum]] guarded by the life-sized [[Terracotta Army]].
*2nd century BC
**[[Antikythera mechanism]]

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6th c
**South America: Beginning of [[maize|corn]] cultivation in the Amazon flood plain<ref name = americas1000/>
**West Africa: [[Nok culture]] [[Iron metallurgy in Africa|iron smelting]]
**Mesoamerica: [[Olmec]] [[Mesoamerican ballgame|ball courts]]<ref name = americas1000/>
5th c.
**Mesoamerica: Zapotec hierogphyps at [[Monte Albán]]<ref name = americas1000/>
3rd c.

**Mesoamerica: [[Maya script|Mayan hieroglyphics]]
**Mesoamerica: [[Double spout and bridge vessel|double-spout-and-bridge bottle]]<ref name = americas1000/>
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