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The first painted cave acknowledged as being Paleolithic, from the Stone Age was in Altamira in northern Spain
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Writing was developed first in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) where cuneiform was used.
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As early as 3000BC, the Egyptians used reed brushes or pens to produce hieroglyphic and hieratic writings on papyrus scrolls.
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Replacing the reed pen, the quill pen was invented in Seville, Spain
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Goldsmith and inventor Johannes Gutenberg has the Gutenberg press perfected by 1450,
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Johann Carolus published the first newspaper called in Germany in 1605.
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The U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress.
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Christopher Latham Sholes invented the first practical typewriter in September 1867, being issued until June 1868
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The first computer that resembled the modern machines we see today was invented by Charles Babbage.
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Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876
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Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi developed the first version of the telephone when he sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometer away.
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The first to present projected moving pictures to a paying audience were the Lumière brothers in December 1895 in Paris, France.
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Mass Media was created in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines.
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The first handheld cellular mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973
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Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and developing in 1990 both the first web server.
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The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for purchase in 1994.
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The first recognizable social media site, Six Degrees, was created in 1997. It enabled users to upload a profile and make friends with other users.
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Instagram was brought to Android, following 50 million users on the platform.
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Discord launched on May 13, 2015.