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Egyptian pyramids are built in Giza, Egypt
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The Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles
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Medieval and Renaissance periods in Europe Spain lasted this long
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The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral started building 1163 and was completed in 1345 AD
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Mariano di Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the Renaissance
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The Newcomen stream engine was installed
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The British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude
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The first cotton mill opened in England
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Transistors were widely used in computers
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The water frame spinned cotton into thread using water machinery
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He developed a version of an engine that could drive factory machines
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
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Robert Fulton completed 146 foot long streamship
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Freidrich Koeing invented a stream powered printing press
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Time Transcontinental Railroad was created, linked Omaha Nebraska with Sacramento, CA
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Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy from a steam engine into electrical energy , provided efficient methods of generating electricity
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Thomas Edison light system was installed in New York City
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George Westinghouse's AC system becomes primary method of electrical distribution
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Guglie Marconi began experimenting with radio transmitters with the goal of wireless telegraphy
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Wright Brothers complete the first powered flight
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Henry Ford created the Ford Motor Company
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The RCA was formed
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The RCA formed the NBC
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Experimental computers are created and tested
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The first Univac 1 computer was sold for over 1,000,000 to the U's Consensus Agency
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Microprocessors invented by Intel and Texas Industries
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IBM introduced the PC into the market
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Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at this point
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Computers became more common in homes
