My top 3: (not in order)
Car, Computer, Gun
2006-08-03 17:17:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Wheel, radio, microchip in no order
Not actually inventions:
Electricity, cleanliness in medicine, genetics
2006-08-03 17:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ability to make paper so that thoughts, ideas and history could be recorded
the internal combustion engine so that other inventions resulting from it could be designed
electricity and/or telephone: without them we'd still be living with oil lamps and sending letters instead of talking live.
On another note, I can remember a discussion in history class about this very topic many years ago...people have always thought that the invention of the wheel was the biggest boon to mankind. My history professor claimed that this wasn't true: it was the ability to grow hay...when asked why he explained that without the ability to provide food for his livestock during the winter months, man would still be limited to living in warmer climates....definitely something to think about.
2006-08-04 00:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by baciandrio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Making Fire
The Wheel
Tiolet Paper
2006-08-04 12:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by gotalife 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet, TV, Computers.
2006-08-04 00:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by hickskicks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wheel, of course.
The printing press (it revolutionized communications and enabled common folk the ability to read.)
The development of iron tools.
Without all three, which happened thousands of years ago, you wouldn't have cars, computers or guns.
2006-08-04 00:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by ThisIsIt! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gun, movie, electricity.
2006-08-04 00:21:56 · answer #6 · answered by me41987 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steel, gasoline, computer/microchips.
2006-08-04 02:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by DashRockwood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wheel, writing, computer.
I dont name fire or electricity, because those are more like "discoveries" than "inventions"
2006-08-04 00:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electricity, internet, airplane
2006-08-04 00:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by Darrell C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋