Evolution of Technology By sara.garcia 250,000 BCE WOODEN SPEAR Period: 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE Paleolithic 200,000 BCE Dicovery of fire Period: 12,000 BCE to 5000 BCE *NEOLITHIC* 4001 BCE *THE WHEEL* 4000 BCE *CUNEIFORM WRITING* 3500 BCE *COPPER AGE* Period: 3500 BCE to 700 BCE *AGE OF METALS* 1500 BCE *BRONZE AGE* 700 BCE *IRON AGE* Period: 700 BCE to 476 BCE OLD AGE 240 BCE THE LIFTING SCREW 230 BCE *THE PULLEY* Period: 476 to 1453 *MIDDLE AGES* 510 *WIND AND WATER MILLS* 570 *THE GUNPOWDER* 700 *PAPER* 1450 *PRINTING PRESS* Period: 1453 to 1789 *MODERN AGE* 1593 *THE THERMOMETER* 1712 *THE STEAM ENGINE* Period: 1789 to 1945 *CONTEMPORARY AGE* 1800 *ELECTRIC BATTERY* 1885 *AUTOMOBILE* 1896 *RADIO* 1900 LIGHT BULB 1930 TELEPHONE 1936 *COMPUTER* Period: 1945 to 2022 REAL WORLD 1971 THE TOUCHSCREEN 1973 *INTERNET* 1994 BLUETOOTH 2007 4G NETWORK