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35,000 BCE
Cave paintings
In prehistoric art, cave painting is a form of art that involves applying color pigments on the ceilings, walls, or floors of ancient rock shelters. I believe that this, as a form of media, aided historians in obtaining perhaps not the most precise information, but rather the culture or other activities that ancient people may have engaged in previously. https://www.britannica.com/art/cave-art -
2500 BCE
Papyrus in Egypt
The papyrus plant's stem was used to produce sails, textiles, mats, ropes, and, most importantly, the paper by the ancient Egyptians. I think having the smart idea to create papyrus during that era was really a game-changer since apparently, we get to have the paper today which coincides with the many properties of papyrus. https://www.britannica.com/topic/papyrus-writing-material -
2400 BCE
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia
The clay tablet was used as a writing medium whereas cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus usually made of reed pen. I think it is really smart of them to devise a method of writing through a clay tablet, being said that it does bear a mark, and they imprinted cuneiform as a way to communicate. https://www.sutori.com/en/item/clay-tablets-2400-bc-in-the-ancient-near-east-clay-tablets-akkadian-tuppu-m -
Period: 1 BCE to
Pre-Industrial
People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged
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Newspaper- The London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the British government's official journals of record, and the most significant among such official journals in the United Kingdom, where certain statutory notices are obliged to be published. It is an honor to know that London Gazette is actually one of the oldest-surviving publications known. https://www.sutori.com/en/item/newspaper-the-london-gazette-1640-the-london-gazette-is-one-of-the-official-j -
Period: to
Industrial Age
People harnessed the power of steam, created machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of
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Typewriter
The typewriter is particularly one in which the characters are produced by steel types striking the paper through an inked ribbon. Since actual electronic printers do not yet exist in that era, people use typewriters as a medium to print and relay information to people. https://www.britannica.com/technology/typewriter -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell, 29, receives a patent for his groundbreaking new invention, the telephone, on March 7, 1876. I believe this era was also a game-changer since they had able to construct a medium of communication where people could transmit voices despite the distance. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alexander-graham-bell-patents-the-telephone#:~:text=On%20March%207%2C%201876%2C%2029,teach%20speaking%20to%20the%20deaf. -
Period: to
Electronic Age
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Television
Television is an electronic system for conveying transient images of fixed or moving objects, as well as sound, via a wire or through space. I do believe that televisions are fine ways to inform, educate, and entertain people. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/television -
IBM 704
The IBM 704 mainframe computer is intended for engineering and scientific calculations. Maybe not that surprising, but it is kind of amazing that it is actually a first-generation computer, which however is not that familiar to most of us people nowadays. https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP704.html#:~:text=Announced%20May%207%2C%201954%20and,designed%20primarily%20for%20commercial%20applications. -
Period: to
Information Age
The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of social networks; that being said, we are currently living in the information age. -
Google
Google is a type of search engine with the mission to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Nowadays, I think we cannot deny the fact that Google has universally helped us to search for information we need not solely for education but as well as for our personal lives. phttps://www.techopedia.com/definition/5359/google](https://www.timetoast.com) -
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing platform that allows users to watch, like, share, comment on, and submit videos. I believe we basically all know that YouTube has helped us acquire more information to which it may seem necessary for us; we also get to educate people with free access through this particular medium. https://www.webwise.ie/parents/what-is-youtube/