Communication Revolution

By Cris Cázares
  • 200,000 BCE

    Gestures and shouts

    Primitive language
  • 40,000 BCE

    Rock art

    Petroglyphs: Image that has been engraved on the rocky surface.
    Pictographs: Graphics made on the rocks through the application of pigments.
  • 3500 BCE

    Cuneiform writing

    Pictograms, which represent words and objects, Sumeria
  • 3300 BCE

    Hieroglyphics

    Writing that is exhibited with symbols or figures. Egypt
  • 3000 BCE

    Papyrus

    Elaborated paper of an Egyptian plant.
  • 2800 BCE

    Pictorial symbols

    Island of crete
  • 2000 BCE

    Chinese calligraphy

    Sign writing (even enduring) China.
  • 2000 BCE

    Phoenician alphabet

    Set of letters to symbolize each sound that forms a word
  • 1455 BCE

    Printing

    It allows to reproduce texts and figures by types of plates. Johannes Gutenbenrg
  • 1000 BCE

    Greek alphabet

    The first to have five vowels
  • 800 BCE

    Celtic book

    Illustrated manuscripts richly ornamented
  • 190 BCE

    Parchment Writing

    surface made of domestic animal skins
  • 105

    Invention of paper

    Provided written language
  • 500

    Latin alphabet

    Romans
  • 1453

    Illuminated manuscripts

    Handwritten books decorated with gold or silver
  • 1457

    Newspaper

    First means of mass communication

  • Journals

    Printing system that comes out periodically

  • Photography

    Image acquisition technique

  • Morse code

    Writing system for electric telegraphy

  • Electric telegraph

    Remote transmits written messages thanks to a code

  • Submarine cables

    Cable installed on the seabed and intended primarily for telecommunication services

  • Phone

    Alexander Graham Bell

  • Nipkow disc

    Decisive contribution to the invention and development of the first televisions

  • Cinematograph

    Machine capable of filming and projecting images in motion

  • Radiotelegraphy

    Transmissions of impulses and electrical signals

  • TV

    System of mechanical exploration of the images

  • Paul Nipkow

    First wireless transmission of images

  • First experimental transmissions of electronic TV

    During the Olympic games in Berlin. They started the regular broadcasts of the BBC

  • NBC

    The broadcasting of commercial television signals begins

  • Cassette for magnetic audio recording

  • MARK1

    First computer in the United States

  • First fully electronic computer

  • The great expansion of television began

  • Optical fiber

    Physical transmission medium

  • Electronic video camera

  • First communications satellite "Echo IA" NASA

  • First commercial minicomputer

  • Fiberglass

    Light through a driver to transmit phone calls

  • Fax

    Phototelegraphy Grundig German electronic signature

  • Birth of internet

    Development of the ARPANET computer network by VP Algore

  • Multichannel sound

    The first CD player and compact discs

  • Personal computers, floppy disks and information storage devices

  • Cellphone Motorola

  • Smartphone Mobile

    Telephony, contained calendar, address book, world clock, e-mail, sent and received FAX and included games

  • The software is developed to transmit high quality telephone and music voice through internet

  • Chats

    Written communication carried out instantaneously through the use of software and through the internet.

  • Skipe

  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • WhatsApp

  • IPad & Instagram

  • Line

    Application that allows you to call and send messages for free