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Pre-Historic Age of Media

By yema
  • Rock Carvings
    200,000 BCE

    Rock Carvings

    human-made carvings in a natural stone that depicts art culturally diverse in nature.
  • Cave paintings
    3500 BCE

    Cave paintings

    cave paintings by primitive people
  • Sumerian Cuneiform
    3500 BCE

    Sumerian Cuneiform

    Sumerian writing known as cuneiform was invented
  • Hieroglyphs, Clay Tablets and Abacus
    2500 BCE

    Hieroglyphs, Clay Tablets and Abacus

    Egyptian form of writing called hieroglyphs came to being through depicting their histories
  • Phoenician Alphabet
    2000 BCE

    Phoenician Alphabet

    the foundation of modern day alphabet, used by Phoenicians in ancient times
  • Libraries of the Greeks
    540 BCE

    Libraries of the Greeks

    the Greeks began to establish collection of books and the first library in Ancient Greece was in Athens
  • Dibao
    206 BCE

    Dibao

    literally means "reports from the (official) residences" used by the Imperial Court in China as a publication for notices and happenings in its government
  • Acta Diurna
    130 BCE

    Acta Diurna

    the oldest newspaper in Rome, translated into "Daily Acts" it is a form of print media meant for official notices in the Republic of Rome
  • Wax Tablets
    79 BCE

    Wax Tablets

    used as a reusable portable writing surface used by Romans, Jews and other civilizations of old
  • Paper
    105

    Paper

    Paper-making was one of the inventions of Chinese.
  • Woodblock Paper Printing
    220

    Woodblock Paper Printing

    used in East Asia as a means to reproduce text in cloth, textiles and late on paper originating in China
  • Dresden Codex
    401

    Dresden Codex

    collection of pre-Columbian Mayan hieroglyphic texts which is the oldest surviving book from Latin America
  • Dresden Codex
    500

    Dresden Codex

    collection of Pre-Columbian Mayan hieroglyphic text and the oldest surviving book from America
  • Mechanical Clock
    724

    Mechanical Clock

    invented in China by Liang Lian-Can
  • Diamond Sutra
    898

    Diamond Sutra

    the oldest book from Asia which contains Buddhism texts
  • Eyeglasses
    1280

    Eyeglasses

    also known as spectacles worn by monks and scholars.
  • Printing Press
    1450

    Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the first successful printing press for reproduction of print media
  • Gutenberg Bible
    1455

    Gutenberg Bible

    The oldest surviving book in the Europe, published by Johannes Gutenberg
  • Leo's Inventions
    1500

    Leo's Inventions

    Leonardo da Vinci invented and produced ideas on flying machines, the first ever mechanical calculator and so much more
  • Pocket Watch
    1510

    Pocket Watch

    Invented by Peter Heinlein, this became one of the most frequently used technology of aristocratic families in Europe
  • Ninety-Five Theses
    1517

    Ninety-Five Theses

    Published and nailed on the Church door by Martin Luther. It is also known as the Disputation on the Power of Indulgences.
  • Galileo's Time
    1581

    Galileo's Time

    Galileo Galilei invented the Pendulum-timing device, thermometer, microscope, compass and influenced the astronomical telescope and began further studies on Astronomy and Mechanics