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It might be more interesting to limit answers to historical times.

• bartread 8y ago
  Why? The original question makes no mention of this, not to mention that it might be cool to think about a bunch of inventions that have been with us for so long that we entirely take them for granted.
  • davidw 8y ago
    Because the spirit of the question about an inventor choosing to remain anonymous, rather than being 'anonymous' because it was 5000 years ago.
    • amineazariz 8y ago
      Exactly, this how I meant it to be understood. Sorry if my original question wasn't precise enough.