history of biotechnology

By dianachen
  • Egyptians
    5456 BCE

    Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians used honey for respiratory infections and as an ointment for wounds
  • Egyptians
    4500 BCE

    Egyptians

    Baked leavened bread using yeast
  • Egyptians
    2000 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians learn brewing and cheese making
  • Greeks
    300 BCE

    Greeks

    Greeks practiced crop rotation for maximum soil fertility
  • Romans
    25 BCE

    Romans

    Breeding for dogs in Rome, especially for hunting, was a serious business.
  • Renaissance
    1400

    Renaissance

    The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg
  • 17th century

    17th century

    Jean Baptiste Denys invents a method of blood transfusion
  • 17th century

    17th century

    Jan swammerdam was the first to observe and describe red blood cells
  • 17th century

    17th century

    Robert Hooke first recorded description of living cells
  • 17th century

    17th century

    Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa
  • 18th century

    18th century

    Cotton Mather describes corn and squash as being hybrid plants
  • 18th century

    18th century

    Edward Jenner uses first viral vaccine to inoculate a child from small pox
  • 20th century

    20th century

    The term "Biotechnology" was first used by Karl Erkey