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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?