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500 BCE
Letters
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Period: 500 BCE to
letters
According to the testimony of ancient historian Hellanicus, the first recorded handwritten letter was written by Persian Queen Atossa, around 500 BC, and even now in 2025 letter are still delivered to mail boxes around the world and still is used as communication -
Telograph
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Period: to
Telograph
The first telegraph, which was not electric but optic, was created in 1794 by the Frenchman Claude Chappe who that year succeeded in sending a telegraph message over a distance of 15 kilometers. with the last telograph message sent in 2013 -
Telephone
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Period: to
Telophone
Italian innovator Antonio Meucci (pictured at left) is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854, Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S. patent for the device in 1876. With upgrades and innovations over centuries and decades still improving to today. telephones are one of the most important technologies made today. -
Radio
The first wireless radio was invented in 1893 in St Louis by Nikola Tesla. The credit for the first radio, however, went to Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi was issued the first patent for a wireless radio device in England in 1896. the radio truly innovated the communication almost like a audible tv and is still being used today -
Email
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Period: to
Email
Email was invented in the early 1970s as a way to communicate on ARPANET, the precursor to the internet. It gained widespread popularity in the 1990s as personal computers became more common in homes and workplaces. Email is still used for computer communication today and I think one day make letters/mail vanish because of how much easier it is to write an email than write a letter. -
Social Media
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates. and was the start of public social media and communication. -
Smart watches
The latest innovation being smart watches and being able to communicate and apple came out with a wearable smartwatch that allows users to accomplish a variety of tasks, including making phone calls, sending text messages and reading email. Apple released the first Apple Watch on April 24, 2015. -
Podcasts
The hottest new way of communicating and speaking your mind and talking about life and the events going on around the world is podcasts. alot of influencers now are sitting down and talking for hours and people enjoy listening.