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The Egyptian pyramid was built around this timeframe. The pyramids were created in Giza, Egypt.
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The Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles
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The Renaissance and Medieval times begin. During this time period inventions and culture became more prominent
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The Notre Dame construction begins
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Notre Dame would be finished in the year 1345 and later the story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame would become famous
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Mariano di Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the Renaissance Period
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The First Newcomen steam 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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The water frame was created and it spun cotton using water machinery
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James Watt 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 196 foot long steamboat
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Friedrich Koeing invented a steam powered printing press
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The Transcontinetal railroad was finished in 1869 in Omaha, Nebraska and ran to Sacramento, California
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Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy into electricity provided a efficient way of creating electricity
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George Westinghouse Ac system becomes primary method of electrical distribution
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Guglie Marconi begins experimenting with radio transmitters to try to achieve wireless technology
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Henry Ford Creates the Ford Motor Company
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The Wright Brothers complete first powered flight
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The Radio corporation of America(RCA) was formed and was an american electronics company that ram from 1919 to 1986
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NBC ownership was split between RCA, General electricity , and Westinghouse. NBC was the first interconnected network of radio stations
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Experimental computers are created and tested. These computers used vacuum tubes, mainly
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The First Univac computer was sold for $1,000,000 to the U.S. Census Agency
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A transistors were semiconductor devices that amplified or switched electronic signals and power. they were widely used in the 60's.
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The microprocessors was invented by Intel and Texas industries
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IBM introduced the PC, Personal Computer, into the market and allowed computer to be used in homes by people
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The Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at its time. It is the world's longest twinjet
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Computers start to become more common in homes
