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The History of Technology

By Richie:0
  • 3000 BCE

    Basic Concepts

    The history of technology is the history of the invention of tools and techniques for a practical purpose. Technological gadgets are products of an economy, a force of economic growth, and a good part of life. Technological innovations affect and are affected by the cultural traditions of society. They are also a mean to obtain military power.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt
    The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the inclined plane and the lever, to assist them in construction. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were exported throughout the Mediterranean basin.
  • Period: 2997 BCE to 2000 BCE

    The Stone Age

    During the Stone Age, humans were hunter-gatherers, a lifestyle that involved the use of tools and settlements that had little impact on biotopes. The first important technologies were associated with survival, obtaining food and its preparation. Fire, stone tools, weapons and clothing were important technological developments of this period. At this time music appeared. Some cultures developed canoes with outriggers capable of venturing into the ocean.
  • Period: 2500 BCE to 1000 BCE

    The Age of Metals

    The Stone Age led to the Metal Age after the Neolithic Revolution. This revolution brought about radical changes in agricultural technology, which led to the development of agriculture, animal domestication and permanent settlements. The combination of these factors made possible the development of copper and later bronze smelting. This technological trend began in the Fertile Crescent, from where it spread. The discoveries were not, and still are not, universal in nature.
  • 300 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    The Greeks invented many technologies and improved existing ones, especially during the Hellenistic period. Heron of Alexandria invented a basic steam engine and demonstrated that he had knowledge of mechanical and pneumatic systems. Archimedes invented many machines. The Greeks were unique in the pre-industrial era for their ability to combine scientific research with the development of new technologies.
  • 131

    China

    China
    According to researcher Joseph Needham, the Chinese made many first-time inventions and discoveries. Some important Chinese technological innovations were the first seismographs, matches, paper, cast iron, the iron plow, the multi-tube planter, the suspension bridge, the wheelbarrow, the use of natural gas as fuel, the compass, the map of relief, the propeller, the crossbow and the gunpowder.
  • 476

    Middle Age

    Middle Age
    The technology of the Middle Ages can be described as a symbiosis of traditio et innovatio. Although medieval technology has long been considered a step back in the evolution of Western technology. In some cases, in an attempt by some authors to denounce the church as antagonistic to scientific progress (see the myth of the flat earth), a generation of medievalists of which Lynn White may be the most visible head placed emphasis since the decade of 1940.
  • 1440

    Modern Age

    Modern Age
    The beginning of the Modern Age extends from the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453 until the French Revolution in 1789, that is, a period of 336 years. The Turks in the 1300s conquered South Asia under the command of the sultan, Osman (hence the name Ottoman).
    The appearance of the modern printing press, around the middle of the 15th century, is one of the fundamental milestones in the history of current civilization.

  • Rome

    Rome
    The Romans developed sophisticated agriculture, improved iron-working and masonry technology, improved road construction (methods that did not become obsolete until the development of macadam in the 19th century), military engineering, civil engineering, spinning and the fabric.