History of Technology

  • Period: 6000 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Ancient Era

  • 5999 BCE

    Pottery

    Pottery
    Pots shaped by hand and fired in a pit. They were mixed with sand, grit, crushed shells, or even bone.
  • 4000 BCE

    Animal Husbandry

    Animal Husbandry
    The selective breeding of animals, occurs around the same time as the development of agriculture. A bunch of animals were domestic in different parts of the world depending on their culture
  • 3000 BCE

    Irrigation

    Irrigation
    irrigation is a central feature for agriculture for 5000 years.
  • 2500 BCE

    Mining

    Mining
    this was one of the earliest and most pragmatic technologies. They would mine different kind of materials for their villages.
  • 2400 BCE

    Sailing

    Sailing
    People developed sails to use boats to help them travel faster with less work. This was was good transport for materials and fish
  • 2000 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
    People would think writing as external memory storage. This allowed them to be more oraganized
  • 2000 BCE

    Archery

    Archery
    Archery was good with games hunting or defence. But now archery is just considered recreation.
  • 1900 BCE

    Masonry

    Masonry
    This was mainly used for construction. Some good examples are, temples, palaces, and pramids.
  • 1650 BCE

    Bronze Working

    Bronze Working
    Bronze working was used for multiple types of materials. This was good for armory and tombs.
  • 1200 BCE

    Wheel

    Wheel
    Another great way for transporting. At first they were made out of very cheap materials. Even to this day the wheel is still one of the most important pieces of technology.
  • Period: 1000 BCE to 500

    Classical Era

  • 900 BCE

    Celestial Navigation

    Celestial Navigation
    This is the practice of taking angular measurements between a celestial body.
  • 850 BCE

    Currency

    Currency
    currency is used to purchase objects and kind of seperates people from others.
  • 700 BCE

    Horseback Riding

    Horseback Riding
    this was one of the most famous sports and probably the most entertaining. Horses were very useful for transporting and entertainment
  • 670 BCE

    Iron Working

    Iron Working
    Iron Working as very similar to bronze working. The only real difference is that iron was much stronger and reliable
  • 650 BCE

    Mathematics

    Mathematics
    Mathematics is the study of knowledge, study, or learning. But mathematics wasn't the only form of study as there was many more.
  • 630 BCE

    Shipbuilding

    Shipbuilding
    ship building was one of the biggest creations that was even used to this day. A very useful way of transportation and supplying materials from different parts of the world.
  • 620 BCE

    Construction

    Construction
    construction was the new form of building. This was a big step to so many different kinds of creations.
  • 550 BCE

    Engineering

    Engineering
    Engineering was not only a big part pack then but even right now. They are big reasons for buildings, roads, and bridges. They are a big part to discovering new technology
  • Period: 500 to 1350

    Medieval Era

  • 510

    Stirrups

    Stirrups
    stirrups were a great way to keep on using horses. They help for control and more comfort on the horses.
  • 610

    Machinery

    Machinery
    when people began developing tasks they need more of a little help. That is where machinery came into place. They designed them for simples tasks and day to day stuff.
  • 700

    Education

    Education
    Education was the most important thing on the timeline. Without education nothing else would have been a thing. Education is about learning and learning new things.
  • 900

    Military Engineering

    Military Engineering
    military engineering is the new way of "protection". People would either to defend them self but some people also use it against others.
  • 1300

    Castles

    Castles
    Castles are great piles of stones. While some right now are still intact most of them are destroyed or ruined. They insure power and unfluence. Some would even use it for royalty.
  • Period: 1350 to

    Renaissance Era

  • 1400

    Cartography

    Cartography
    Cartography is made main for remembering and territorial marking. They help with routes and different parts of the area in general.
  • 1450

    Mass Production

    Mass Production
    Mass production was the beginning of big businesses. This helped with demand and having to let people work less when they want or need something.
  • 1450

    Banking

    Banking
    Banking was one of the new way of saving or your money and also investing
  • 1500

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    gunpowder was the way people would use and operate guns and use them for war
  • 1550

    Printing

    Printing
    this was the newer version of writing. Not only was this a lot easier for some people but it would show it a lot clearer and cleaner.
  • Square Rigging

    Square Rigging
    square rigging was basically the better version of sailing. This helped bigger ships use wind to move faster and more efficient
  • Astronomy

    Astronomy
    Astronomy helped people see a lot further out of their world and into others helping them discover different other words.
  • Metal Casting

    Metal Casting
    metal casting is very similar to the other kinds of forging and creating different materials
  • Period: to

    Industrial Era

  • Industrialization

    Industrialization
    industries is popular and very useful around the world. They are in your daily life more than you could even think. Everyday you need industries.
  • Ballistics

    Ballistics
    ballistics are used for "throwing" mainly they are used for cannons. But the miniature versions are very popular to be used in guns.
  • Steam Power

    Steam Power
    This was one of the first sources for power. The main thing steam power is popular for is to operate trains.
  • Sanitation

    Sanitation
    after multiple deaths of diseases sanitation came into play. This was the correct way to clean yourself and wash your hands well so sickness doesn't spread.
  • Economics

    Economics
    In the early stages, economics were very simple. If anything the only thing they would trade would be simple items like trading a breed of animals for another.
  • Rifling

    Rifling
    Rifling would be used as an activity or sport but mainly would be used for war and protection. This was the main thing every country in the world would use if they go to war.
  • Period: to

    Modern Era

  • Chemistry

    Chemistry
    Chemistry was just a discovery about the world around them. This was how they would discover about the understands of "stuff"
  • Combustion

    Combustion
    Combustions were the main things used in engines. Engines help people travel around and operate machines. This is very useful now.
  • Electricity

    Electricity
    Electricity was one of the biggest threats at first. People thought it would be the same as a lightning bolt or the power of zeus. But in reality this could be used for lighting or power.
  • Flight

    Flight
    On the very first flight, they finally achieved it. But also failed. Now flight is evolving and and getting better one of the best ways for travelling.
  • Radio

    Radio
    The main part of the radio was the new "wireless feature" This is the best way of entertaining and learning about news.
  • Petroleum Refining

    Petroleum Refining
    In short, it is basically like an oil industry. This is a great way to be used for fuel and people definitely really wanted fuel.
  • Replaceable Parts

    Replaceable Parts
    Machinery was big and very important as it was developing so having more replaceable parts for them was very important especially if something was broken.
  • Steel

    Steel
    Modern steel was revolutionary this was the start of construction for building cars etc. Steel was a hard heavy metal type of material.
  • Period: to

    Atomic Era

  • Advanced Flight

    Advanced Flight
    advanced flight was not exactly used for public transport but for military use. There was multiple kinds of planes that were made during this time.
  • Rocketry

    Rocketry
    Rocketry was the beginning of searching for other planets and exploring out of our world. This allowed people to leave Earth and explore space.
  • Plastics

    Plastics
    Plastics were a new material. There were many forms of different plastics, durable, flexible, lightweight, etc.
  • Computers

    Computers
    At the same time of computers were the internet. So computers allowed people to gain more knowledge and made people's lives easier.
  • Nuclear Fission

    Nuclear Fission
    This would carry out the promise of physics and chemistry. This would release a huge amount of energy.
  • Synthetic Materials

    Synthetic Materials
    Once chemistry was introduced scientists were searching to improve on naturally occurring animals and plant products.
  • Period: to

    Information Era

  • Telecommunications

    Telecommunications
    This was the invention of communicating from different parts of the world. Instead of people having to see everyone instead to talk they could do it at any time and anywhere in the world.
  • Satellites

    Satellites
    This was used to look around the world people would use it to map out the world to perfection. People would also use it to spy on others.
  • Lasers

    Lasers
    Lasers aren't always like people think about burning beams. But they could be used as normal day-to-day lights.
  • Composites

    Composites
    This is any material that is used by two or more different kinds of materials.
  • Stealth Technology

    Stealth Technology
    Stealth technology was the beginning of advanced technology. Not only was this military use but they would spy on others.
  • Robotics

    Robotics
    robotics was the start of "metal humans" this was very advanced machinery.
  • Nuclear Fusion

    Nuclear Fusion
    Nuclear fusion is where energy is generated by the division of a nucleus to create mass-energy.
  • Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology
    Nanotechnology were tiny machines that could be inside, animals and humans, slicing, splicing, melding, or mutating cells.
  • Period: to

    Future Era

  • Advanced AI

    Advanced AI
    advanced AI was the beginning of technology-generated humans. These were robots that had the same personality as normal humans.
  • Advanced Power Cells

    Advanced Power Cells
    This was created by the Alessandro Volta in 1880. A live electronic device is capable of marvels.
  • Cybernetics

    Cybernetics
    Cybernetics was communication with automatic controls in both machines and even humans.
  • Offworld Missions

    Offworld Missions
    Ever since the invention of rocketry world missions have been top priority for some companies. It got to the point countries would compete with each other who could reach other planets first.
  • Predictive Systems

    Predictive Systems
    Artificial Intelligence systems can create sophisticated models of behavior, with good predictive power for future behavior.
  • Smart Materials

    Smart Materials
    Think about a brick, a normal brick should not be flexible but if it is its a good basis of construction.