Question

what is the history of spherical mirrors in human civilization

Answer 1

In ancient ages people used water pots as mirrors, after a period of time people started developing mirrors and then came the spherical mirror that was used in Galilee Galileo' telescope, then Archimedes developed an idea to use it during war for burning ships and women in Egypt used it for make-ups.

Answer 2

The first user of the Spherical mirrors was the Egyptian civilization where they used it as to focus on their faces.
Archimedes is the main person of using spherical glasses as he was charged of having mirrors which would burn ships by focusing the sun’s rays on the same ships and burning them to ashes.
By the 11th century mirrors were introduced in Moorish Spain.