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45,000 BCE
Palaeolithic
- 4000000 BC.: Stone Tools
- 400000 BC.: Humans learn to use fire
- 30000 BC.: Bow and arrow
- 12000 BC.: Basket-weaving
- 11000 BC.: Fishing nets
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10,000 BCE
Neolithic
7000 BC.: Clay pots
5000 BC.: The wheel is invented
4000 BC.: Humans begin using metals -
4000 BCE
Classical Antiquity
3500 BC.: The plough
3100 BC.: Writing systems are invented
2500 BC.: Abacus
2300 BC.: Ferrous metallurgy begins -
500
The Middle Ages
300 BC.: The water pump
285 BC.: The lighthouse
100 AD.: Paper
650 AD.: Windmills
770 AD.: Horseshoe
1240 AD.: Gunpowder
1290 AD.: Mechanical clock
1459 AD .: The printing press -
1500
The Mordern Age
1590: Janssen microscope
1610: Galileo´s telescope
1660: Torricelli´s barometer -
Frist Industrial Revolution
1777: Watt steam engine
1804. Steam locomotive
1807. Steamboat