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History of Technology
How it has changed lives!
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Paleolithic2.5 Million years ago
• Use of fire• Unpolished stone tools• Sculpture• Musical instruments• Burial of the dead• Cave dwellings• Cave paintings• Stone axes• Bone needles• Hearth sites
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Mesolithic20,000 BC
• Microliths• Sails• Wheel and axle• Leatherwork• Basketry• Fishing tackle• Stone adzes• Canoes• Bows• Domesticated animals• Stone circles• Sickles
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Neolithic10,000 BC
• Stone and mud brick dwellings
• Pottery• Polished stone tools• Spinning and weaving
tools• Wooden and stone
plows
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Bronze Age3300 – 1200 BC
• Metal pots and pans• Pottery wheel• Chariot• Pulley• Metal jewelry• Metal tools• Metal weapons
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Iron Age1200 – 1000 BC
• Block and tackle
• Pump
• Lathe
• Iron dagger
• Iron chisel
• Iron axe
• Iron spearhead
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Middle Ages500 – 1400 AD
• Waterwheel• Windmill• Cannon• Mechanical clock• Wheeled plow• Horseshoes• Stirrups• Crank• Compass• Ocean-going ships
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Renaissance1300 - 1600
• Telescope• Microscope• Thermometer• Barometer• Printing press• Rifle
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Industrial Age1700 - ?
• Steam engine• Electricity• Automobile• Airplane• Radio• Television• Telephone• Rocket
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Information age …
Where will it take us?