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Period: 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE
Paleolithic
The technological advances that human beings developed during the Paleolithic were the response to specific survival needs, such as hunting, cutting the meat of prey, digging up roots to eat, protection from animal attacks, shelter from cold weather, heating food or housing, etc. -
199,000 BCE
Fire discovery
According to the investigations carried out by archaeologists and the evidence found, it was the Homo Erectus species who discovered fire, that is, fire was discovered 1.6 million years ago. -
Period: 10,000 BCE to 3500 BCE
Neolithic
Other technological innovations of the Neolithic are the written numerical systems, which would lead to proto-writing in different cultures, systems for grinding grain with stone mills, the loom and the manufacture of cloth clothing, the techniques of alcoholic fermentation and metallurgy. -
4000 BCE
Appearance of writing
In Mesopotamia, the Sumerians invented cuneiform writing (approximately 3,000 BC) and in Egypt, Imhotep introduced natural stone into construction. At this time the city-states appear in Greece and the territorial empires (Rome) -
3500 BCE
The wheel
the wheel is considered the basis of technology and the evolution of man since almost everything that exists is accompanied by this valuable element. Being a simple machinery that rotates on an axis, its great utility within machines, transport and industry has been essential in the progress of humanity. -
3500 BCE
Copper
Copper (Cu) is one of three metals that comprise what is called "the copper family" in the Periodic Table of the elements. The other three metals that make up this family are: silver (Ag), gold (Au) and roentgenium (Rg). Copper is characterized by being able to be found in nature in its pure or native state, that is, without combination with other elements. -
Period: 3500 BCE to 700 BCE
Age of metals
The Metal Age is the period of Prehistory approximately between the IV and the I millennium before Christ in Spain. The Age of Metals succeeds the Stone Age in the evolution of humanity, and constitutes the final stage of Prehistory. -
1500 BCE
Bronze
Bronze is a metallic alloy characterized by: It is an excellent conductor of electricity. It accumulates less heat than other metals, which is why it is used in the manufacture of industrial elements, since its use is safe. It is less rigid than other metals, making it an easy material to handle -
700 BCE
Iron
Applications in the production and distribution of electricity are the last of the great uses of iron in the form of steel. Electric generators, electric motors, steel-reinforced cables, transformers, etc., contain this metal. -
Period: 700 BCE to 476
Old age
Since the man was in the ancient age he already possessed technologies created by the fact to defend himself or hunt, in the stone age the military technology only consisted of pointed stones, spears made of wooden sticks, clubs and bows, also for years armor made of animal leather was used. -
500 BCE
Stone oven
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Compass
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Period: 476 to 1453
Middle Ages
The period saw significant technological advances, including the adoption of gunpowder, the invention of horizontal windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks and watermills, construction techniques (Gothic style, medieval castles), and improvements in agriculture in general. (crop rotation). -
700
Paper
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801
Gunpowder
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1450
Print
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Period: 1453 to
Modern age
Many inventions appear at this time. Three technological innovations stand out above the rest: the compass, cartography and firearms. Reconstruction of the reflecting telescope that Isaac Newton built in 1672. -
Thermometer
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Steam machine
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Period: to
Contemporary age
The Contemporary Age is the historical period between the French Revolution (1789) and the present. It is a time characterized by revolutions and by great artistic, demographic, social, political, technological and economic transformations. -
electric battery
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Phone
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light bulb
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Radio
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Period: to
Real world
We are currently experiencing a great information revolution without realizing it and without fully knowing the technology that surrounds us. New changes mean that we have to constantly update ourselves in knowledge related to new technologies -
Smarter devices
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Internet
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