Communication In History

By Angelie Vaughn
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    The Alphabet

    The Alphabet
    http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-created-the-first-alphabet Early writing system based on the pictographic symbols know as hieroglyphics. By the 8th century B.C. , the phoenician alphabet had moved to Greece, Over time the Greek alphabet began to rise to several other alphabets, including Latin, which spread across Europe, and Cyrillic. 1700 - 1860 B.C.
  • 500

    Petroglyphs

    Petroglyphs
    http://www.nps.gov/petr/historyculture/what.htm Petroglyphs are rock carvings are made by pecking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone.It is estimated 90% of the monument's petroglyphs were created by the ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians. Puebloans have lived in the Rio Grande Valley since before 500 A.D.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Phonograms

    Phonograms
    http://www.csun.edu/~pjd77408/DrD/Art461/MotionLecture/Pictograms_Ideograms.htm a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.

  • The Typewriter

    The Typewriter
    http://todayinsci.com/S/Sholes_Christopher/SholesChristopher-HistoryOfTheTypewriter.htm CHRISTOPHER LATHAM SHOLES invented the typewwriter during the late summer and fall of 1868. Christopher also would use carbon paper for the typewriter which was weird, because that type of paper was rarely used. During fall of 1870 the typewrtier began to improve.

  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Alexander Graham Bell 1847-1922. The Scottish-born American scientist best known as the inventor of the telephone. He worked at a school for the deaf while attempting to invent a machine that would transport sound by electricity.

  • Pagers

    Pagers
    http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/history_pager.html The first pager was used in 1921 by the Detroit Police Department. In 1949, the very first telephone pager device was patented by Al Gross and used In the Jewish Hospital in New York starting in 1950.

  • First Cell Phone

    First Cell Phone
    On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper stood in midtown Manhattan and placed a call to the headquarters of Bell Labs in New Jersey. The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago on April 3, 1973, by Martin Cooper.