A sense of time

  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

  • 2550 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

  • 2500 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Death of Alexander the Great
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

  • 5 BCE

    Birth of Christ

    Birth of Christ
  • 5 BCE

    Birth of Christ

  • 142

    Gunpowder

  • 142

    Gunpowder

  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 610

    Islam Founded

  • 1440

    Printing Press (Gutenberg)

  • 1492

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

    Columbus sails to W. Indies
  • Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

  • American Independence

  • American Independence

  • Steam Locomotive

  • Steam Locomotive

  • U.S Civil War Ends

  • Typwriter

  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
  • Telephone

  • Phonograph

  • Phonograph

  • Light Bulb

  • Coca-Cola

  • Diesel engine (Patent Year)

  • Diesel Engine Patented

  • Wright Bros. Fly

  • Ford's Model T

    Ford's Model T
  • World War I

  • World War I

  • Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

  • Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

  • First Radio Station

  • Television (Philo F.)

  • Transatlantic Flight

  • Television

  • Transatlantic Flight

  • World War II Begins

  • World War II Begins

  • A-Bombs dropped on Japan

  • Polio Vaccine (Salk)

  • McDonald's

    McDonald's
  • Polio Vaccine

  • Sputnik Launched

  • Sputnik Launched

  • Moonlanding

    Moonlanding
  • Pong Debuts

    Pong Debuts
  • Pong Debuts

  • Betamax

  • Betamax

  • VHS

  • PC wins Time Magazine "Man of the Year"

  • CD

  • PC wins Time Magazine “Man of the Year”

  • CD

  • VHS

    VHS
  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

  • World Wide Web

  • Nanotubes

  • World Wide Web

  • Cloning of Dolly

    Cloning of Dolly
  • Cloning of Dolly

  • iPod debutes (hard drive)

  • Netflix Streaming

  • iPhone debutes

    iPhone debutes
  • Today

  • Today