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Stone Age
Stone Age:
1,000,000 B.C. to 3,000 B.C.
Beginning of technology
Use of stone tools and fire -
Bronze Age
3,000 B.C. to 1,200 B.C.
New use of metal tools -
Iron Age
1,200 B.C. to 500 B.C.
New use of Iron and Steel -
Agricultural Age
1701-1760
Life centered around farms
Goods were now hand crafted
Farms supplied food -
Industrial Age
1760-1989
Factories
Led to a growth in cities
People moved to urban areas for work
Goods were mass produced
New invention of the assembly line -
Information Age
1989-Present Day
Computers allow you to look up information in a different way
New forms of entertainment
New forms of communication