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The History Of Tools

  • First stone tools
    7000 BCE

    First stone tools

    In the past 2.6 million years thousands of archaeological sites have been excavated, and dated.They were often made up of debris from stone making.
  • The Copper age
    4500 BCE

    The Copper age

    It lasted from about 4500 B.C. to 3500 B.C. Copper was being fashioned into implements and gold was made into ornaments approximately 6,000 years ago, which was before the Greek and Roman Empires.
  • The Bronze age
    3500 BCE

    The Bronze age

    The age of Bronze began when people started mixing copper and tin to create alloys. They discovered Bronze and began making Bronze tools.
  • The age of iron tools
    1200 BCE

    The age of iron tools

    People began using iron tools in the 8th century B.C. in Central Europe and was used in 6th century B.C. Northern Europe.
    The Iron age is divided into subsections, Iron I and Iron II.
  • Early mechanical tools

    Early mechanical tools

    Some of the first machines were made in 1764, such as the spinning jenny, or the water frame.
  • Tools today

    Tools today

    Today advanced tools are everywhere, and are easily accessible to everyone everywhere. There are now a tool for almost everything.