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C:\PADLOCK> DIR /HISTORY
Volume in drive C is ANCIENT_ORIGINS
Directory of C:\PADLOCK\ANCIENT

2000 BC    EGYPT_ASSYRIA  Wooden pin-tumbler locks. Earliest known: Assyria (Nineveh). Large wooden bolt + pegs. Egyptian key-prodder lifts latch. Tombs, granaries. No shackle. [Source: Excavations]

~1000 BC   CHINA_BRONZE   First true padlocks. Bronze, spring-loaded, animal-shaped. Silk Road spread. Han Dynasty silver/brass. [Taiwan Museum]

500 BC     ROME_IRON      Portable U-shackle pads. Warded keys. Viking York (850 AD): "Padlock" from livestock paddocks?

> TYPE SECURITY_NOTES.TXT
Early locks = detection, not prevention. Wood rots. Metal wins portability.
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