Inventions To Thank Pagans For

[deb1]

I thought that it would be fun to come up with a list of things that Pagans invented that we still use today.

Cement(Romans)

Democracy (Greeks)

Wedding Rings

Names of the days of the week and months of the year(Romans and the Norse, I think)

carrying the bride over the threshold was part of the Roman wedding ceremony
http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/Ancient_Roman_Weddings.htm

I thought this would be a fun thread. I bet some of you can come up with more stuff.

Please, no religious debate. I just thought that this would be interesting.

 

[wombat]

Arabic culture brought us both the concept of zero, and to the dismay of middle-schoolers everywhere, algebra.

Algebra evolved from concepts known in ancient Babylon.

Some of our legal system has roots in the Code of Hammurabi, also Babylonian. It may have been the first legal system to codify interest rates.

 

[deb1]

Quote:
I had forgotten that Babylonians had invented Algebra.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Roots of western culture: Greeks and Romans, who were polytheistic pagans

 

[GrayDragon]

Beer
Ale
Wine
Mead
Grog
Lager
Vodka
Hard Cider
Booze
Liquor
Whiskey
Rum
Tequila
Gin


Not Champagne though, that was invented by monks.

 

[Boyd]

Quote:
LOL I love how your mind works.

 

[mom'sfolly]

Agriculture: who knows, but it predates monotheistic religions by several millenia

pardon my spelling......too lazy to look it up

 

[mom'sfolly]

post and lintle construction, architecture in general
art

 

[saddina]

Christmas trees
Yule logs
Easter bunnies
Decorated eggs

 

[AngieChick]

spinning and weaving cloth
linen
paper (well papyrus, but close enough)
agriculture
domestication of animals
radiant heat
plumbing

and so so much more....