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I know it's a pun...
... but the question if "invention" is older than the knowledge of electricity is interesting.
IMHO achievements like Archimedes_screw were known before static electricity after rubbing amber (ἤλεκτρον = "élektron" in Greek) was described.
Update
and for completeness the Electric Eel stems from South America, but I doubt the "inventors" left written records about the name! ;)
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This is a question easily answered if you look at the right resources. In this case the technology-tree of Civilization Revolution: it clearly shows that "invention" is a pre-requisite to "electricity".
Rata (who likes this poll)
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I don't know how it works in English but in French, the meaning of "invention" covers both the creation of a new idea and the discovery of something unknown, especially in archaeology: we speak about "the Nefertiti tomb inventor", for example, meaning the guy who discovered it.
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