History of technology By elcv86 8000 BCE Neolithic technology, bricks and spinning Period: 7000 BCE to 1400 BCE Medieval technology 6000 BCE Loom and weaving 4000 BCE The first miners, yoke and harness 3000 BCE The potter's wheel and the wheel 500 BCE Fire: from 500,00 years ago 350 BCE Mechanical gearing 200 BCE Rotary power