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Technological Timeline by Skyler Barron

By skylermay
  • 200,000 BCE

    Humans begin making early tools

    Humans begin making early tools
    10 million years ago humans made the first tools out of wood, stone, bones, and antlers.
  • 100,000 BCE

    Humans discover fire

    Humans discover fire
    1-2 million years ago humans discovered fire and began using it as a tool, though they did not know how to create fire on their own yet.
  • 50,000 BCE

    Humans begin to create and wear clothes

    Humans begin to create and wear clothes
    From around 25,000-50,000 BCE humans started to craft and wear early articles of clothing for protection.
  • 10,000 BCE

    Early boats are first constructed

    Early boats are first constructed
    Humans first begin to construct boats in 10,000 BCE so that they can travel easily through bodies of water.
  • 7000 BCE

    Hand-made bricks first used

    Hand-made bricks first used
    In 6,000-7,000 BCE handmade bricks began being used for construction in the Middle East.
  • 3500 BCE

    Humans invent the wheel

    Humans invent the wheel
    In 3500 BCE, humans first invented what is arguably one of the most important pieces of technology- the wheel.
  • 3000 BCE

    First use of written languages

    First use of written languages
    The first written languages are developed in 3000 BCE, created by the Sumerian people in Southern Mesopotamia.
  • 1000 BCE

    Start of the Iron Age

    Start of the Iron Age
    Iron becomes widely used for making tools and weapons in many areas of the world.
  • 300 BCE

    Early compasses invented

    Early compasses invented
    From 300-200 BCE, the Chinese people invented early magnetic direction finders, or compasses.
  • 27 BCE

    Creation of basic early concrete

    Creation of basic early concrete
    Romans create a very early version of concrete, called pozzolana.
  • 105

    First use of paper

    First use of paper
    In 105 CE in China, Ts'ai Lun created the first paper.
  • 600

    Windmills invented

    Windmills invented
    Windmills are invented in the Middle East in order to transform wind power into usable energy.
  • 700

    Chinese create fireworks and gunpowder

    Chinese create fireworks and gunpowder
    In 700-900, Chinese people invent gunpowder and fireworks, which eventually lead to the use of bullets and space rockets.
  • 1000

    Chinese create early eyeglasses

    Chinese create early eyeglasses
    The Chinese begin to develop eyeglasses by attaching lenses to frames that would fit onto people's faces, much like glasses that we have today.
  • 1206

    Ancestor of the modern toilet created

    Ancestor of the modern toilet created
    A flushing hand washing-machine is created by al-Jazari, an Arabic engineer. This eventually leads to the invention of the modern toilet.
  • 1470

    Beginning of the invention of parachutes

    Beginning of the invention of parachutes
    The first parachute is sketched on paper in the 1470s. It is unknown who invented the parachute.