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200
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Human messengers on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built.
Sometimes fire messages used from relay station to station instead of humans. -
500
Communication
Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds - first portable and light writing surfaces. -
530
Communication
The Greeks start the very first library -
Oct 16, 776
Communication
First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians. -
Jan 1, 1270
Communication
The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. -
Oct 16, 1400
Communication
Oldest record of writing in China on bones. -
Oct 16, 1400
Communication
Romans establish postal services. -
Communication
Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. -
Communication
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Communication
The very first postal service - for government use in China