TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

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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
  • 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