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40,000 ish B.C. - First Cave Paintings
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3500 B C Phoenicians develop first alphabet
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3400 B C Sumerians invent a type of writing - pictures on clay
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1775 B C Greeks invent phonetic alphabet from left to right
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1270 B C First encycloedia. Found in Syria
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900 B C First "mail" service - used by china
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776 B C First use of pidgeons as a means to send messages to other people - used by athenians
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530 B C First Library
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200 B C Human Messengers and relay stations commonly used
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0037 Mirrors used as communication
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100
Bound Books
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100
3100 B C Egyptian mythology - gods
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100 000 B C Sing and Dance
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0000 A D Jesus Death
The Crucifiction of Jesus was a big deal. This image is a printed version of one of the handwritten news things that they gave out back in the day. Jesus' death meant a lot to the people closest to him, and apparently he got crucified on a cross, which is why cristians worship that particular shape so much. -
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Paper gets invented
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305
First Printer - Wooden blocks
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413
San Agustine writes the city of god
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450
San Patrick invents Whiskey
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512
Arabic Alphabet Invented
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520
Decimal system invented
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524
consolation of philosophy written
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532
Anno Domini dating system invented
*note: dating does not mean going out with other people, it means the way we tell time. -
570
Birth of mohammed
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Oct 30, 770
Oldest known block printing
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Nov 6, 1150
Eadmer writes Life of Anselm
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Sep 25, 1450
First Newspaper
First Newspaper -
Nov 6, 1455
Printing press
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Oct 21, 1560
Camera Obscura - really old picture making thing
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First cont. published newspaper, in europe
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First Typewriter (more specifically, patent date)
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Long distance telegraphs and telegraph lines invented
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First photograph ever.
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First Microphone
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Invention of Morse Code - Essential in Communicaiton History
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First Fax Machine - communication made easier
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Kinematoscope - one of the first animation machines - Invented.
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Pony Express Used For Mail
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First Copy Machine
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First Telephone patented
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High speed photography
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Phonograph patented
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first phonograph
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First Radio invented
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First Answering Machine
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Radio Signals Used for communication
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First Comic Books
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First Talking Motion Picture
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First TV
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Alan Turing Makes Schematics For First Computer
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caedmon's hymn written: first recorded english poem
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Feudal system - Classes of people and media
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Music develops more; elaborated passages instead of plain vocals
commuunicated lots because of this music
