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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whisper72" data-source="post: 5496848" data-attributes="member: 17339">On 3.Well, the greeks had napthtalene (Greek Fire), so they could make it. As for rubber, I dont think the ancients would see the need for such a material (the speed at which carts go makes wooden wheels plenty OK on the wheels side).As for other 'science' stuff, take a look at the stuff Mr. Michealangelo and the ancient Greeks designed.- massive war engines- the use of parabolic mirrors and lenses to set stuff on fire at range- primitive flying machines resembling modern day paragliders- primitive submersibles / submarines including the design of torpedo like weapons- clocks, timers etc.The romans already used clay pots with burning oil to throw at enemies with smaller siege engines...The Egyptians were known (and most likely earlier civilizations such as the sumerians etc also had this 'technology') to use primitive forms of biological warfare. Poisoning water wells with dead/diseased animals and using biochemical gases as traps for their Pyramid tombs...The Chinese had gunpowder already over a thousand years ago, and used it as weapons in the form of rockets... It took the Europeans to craft guns, which in the beginning were simply wooden guns, kinda like barrels with heavy iron bands around them (they exploded as often in your face as fired, but hey, such is the price of progress...). The more primitive cannon were also already present in the mid to late dark ages, perfectly situated within the 'time zone' where most fantasy adventuring takes place...It is good to consider that the inventiveness of the human mind has not really increased over the millenia, it has been there all along. Only the 'pyramid' of knowledge available has grown over time. Even in ancient times, people were plenty able to invent and build stuff. Think on the Antykythera (sp?) machine for example...</blockquote>

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