Sundial

Ancient · Household · 1500 BCE

TL;DR

Sundial - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Sundial - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Required Knowledge

  • The Sun

Independent Emergence

Evidence of inevitability—this invention emerged independently in multiple locations:

Ancient Mesopotamia

Parallel development

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Path Dependence Convergent Evolution

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Timekeeping

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