* Steelmaking (honorable mention) 1500 BC - 1800 AD
Region: (South Asia, Southern India) (1 янв 1500 г. до нашей эры – 1 янв 1800 г.)
Описание:
Damascus blades were first manufactured in the Near East from ingots of wootz steel that were imported from Southern India (present day Tamil Nadu and Kerala).[1] The Arabs introduced the wootz steel to Damascus, where a weapons industry thrived. Invented: Independently