It was invented around 1800 and quickly made its way to the West.
You have high-tech products being invented and sold around the world.
Private companies are very good at inventing ways around the regulations.
The bow and arrow was also invented around this time.
Blowdryers were invented around the end of the 19th century.
They also tend to have stockings, which were only invented around 1850.
When opera was invented around 1600 the composers needed to tell the story in music.
Paper was invented in China around the first century.
This process of coalition building is so well-known that some companies have invented their own language around it.
The watch was probably invented around 1500 in Germany.