evolution of technology

  • Period: 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE

    paleolithic

  • 200,000 BCE

    fire

    fire
  • 14,000 BCE

    hut

    hut
  • 13,000 BCE

    spear

    spear
  • Period: 10,000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    neolithic

  • 4000 BCE

    vessels

    vessels
  • 3600 BCE

    Knife

    Knife
  • 3500 BCE

    wheel

    wheel
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 700 BCE

    the metal ages

  • Period: 3300 BCE to 1200 BCE

    bronze Age

  • Period: 3200 BCE to 2200 BCE

    copper age

  • 3000 BCE

    Bowl

    Bowl
  • 1600 BCE

    Sword

    Sword
  • Period: 700 BCE to 476

    the old age

  • 150 BCE

    astrolabe

    astrolabe
    created by Hiparco
  • Period: 476 to 1453

    middle age

  • 700

    paper

    paper
  • 1250

    Canon

    Canon
    created by Berthold Schwarz
  • 1338

    Hourglass

    Hourglass
    created by Liutprando
  • 1450

    printing press

    printing press
    created by Johannes Gutenberg
  • Period: 1453 to

    modern age

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of America

    Discovery of America
    Discovered by Christopher Columbus
  • 1500

    mechanical clock

    mechanical clock
    created by Abraham-Louis Perrelet
  • steam machine

    steam machine
    created by Thomas Savery
  • Period: to

    contemporary age

  • electric battery

    electric battery
    created by Alessandro Volta
  • light bulb

    light bulb
    created by Thomas Alva Edison
  • automobile

    automobile
    created by Carl Benz
  • radio

    radio
    created by young Marconi
  • computer

    computer
    created by Konrad Zuse
  • Period: to

    current age

  • internet

    internet
    created by Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn
  • phone

    phone
    created by Martin Cooper