Scenarios about 'ancient technology'
Ancient technology encompasses the tools, inventions, and engineering achievements developed by early civilizations before the Middle Ages. These innovations include architectural wonders like the pyramids, Roman aqueducts, and Chinese seismographs, as well as sophisticated metallurgy, agriculture, and astronomical instruments. In alternate history scenarios, ancient technology often serves as a point of divergence where earlier mastery of certain principles leads to accelerated technological development or entirely different technological pathways.
What If Ancient Rome Had an Industrial Revolution?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if the Roman Empire had experienced an industrial revolution, developing steam power, mass production, and modern technology nearly two millennia before our timeline.
What If the Antikythera Mechanism Was Widely Replicated?
Exploring how ancient technology and scientific understanding might have advanced if the sophisticated Antikythera Mechanism had become common technology, potentially triggering an early mechanical revolution.