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The Egyption pyramids were built during this period.
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500-1600 A.D. Medieval and renaissance periods in Europe Spain lasted this long
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200 A.D. Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles
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1163-1345 Notre Dame De Pans cathedral started buliding
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1382 to about 1458. Mariano di Lacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the renaissance period
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Newcomen steam engine was installed
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British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude
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First cotton mill opened in England
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Water frame spinned cotton into thread using water
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James watt devolved 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 steamship
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Friedrich Koenig invented a steam powered printing press
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Transcontinental railroad was created. Linked Omakha,Nebraska with Sacramento, Ca
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Dynamos, machines that converts rotation energy fromna stewm engine orvwater whell into electrical energy, proved efficent methods of genrrating electricty
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Thomas Edison's light system was installed in New York City
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George Westhinghouse's A/C system becames primary methods of elerictrianal distribution
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Guglie Marconi began experimenting with radio transmission receivers
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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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RCA was formed (Radio Corporation if America)
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RCA formed the NBC- the first interconnection networkof radio stations
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Experimental computers are created and tested
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First univac 1 computer was sold for over 1,000,000 to the US consensvs agency
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Transistors were widely used in computers
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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 enhineered and was the most complex object at this point
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Computers became more common in homes
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