What about Heron’s (Hero) inventions? http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/HeronAlexandria.htm
Does anyone remember the series “Connections”? It would follow the roots and development of invention and technology. It didn’t just burst from Zeus’ brow in the Victorian era.
Uh, the Greeks and Romans *were* Europeans. :’) Just sayin’.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Persia