EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY By aroa.sanjose Period: 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE PALEOLITHIC 200,000 BCE DISCOVERY OF FIRE Period: 10,000 BCE to 3500 BCE NEOLITHIC 4000 BCE APPEARANCE OF WRITING 3500 BCE COPPER 3500 BCE WHEEL Period: 3500 BCE to 700 BCE METALS AGE 1500 BCE BRONZE 700 BCE IRON 700 BCE CUNEIFORM WRITING Period: 700 BCE to 476 OLD AGE 100 BCE PULLEY 105 PAPER Period: 711 to 1492 MIDDLES AGES 1440 PRINT 1450 PRINTING PRESS Period: 1492 to 1808 MODERN AGE 1592 COMPOUND MICROSCOPE 1609 TELESCOPE 1753 LIGHTNING ROD 1765 STEAM MACHINE 1800 ELECTRIC BATTERY Period: 1808 to 1939 CONTEMPORARY AGE 1876 PHONE 1879 LIGHT BULB 1886 AUTOMOBILE 1897 RADIO 1903 PLANE 1928 PENICILIN 1936 COMPUTER Period: 1939 to 2022 REAL WORLD 1946 MOST ADVANCED MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION 1960 VIRTUAL REALITY 1971 TOUCH SCREEN 1999 BLUETOOTH