6th Century BC - Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• First archaeological surveys of the Arabian peninsula by Babylonian King Nabonidus
• Sunshu Ao (孫叔敖), China's first hydraulic engineer, creates an enormous artificial reservoir by damming a river for a massive irrigation project while employed in the service of King Zhuang of Chu (died 591 BC)
• Lost-wax casting is spread to Ancient Greece