Sense of Time

  • 250,000 BCE

    Fire

    Fire
  • 27,000 BCE

    Pottery

    Pottery
  • 12,000 BCE

    Farming

    Farming
  • 10,000 BCE

    Weaving

    Weaving
  • 6000 BCE

    Irrigation

    Irrigation
  • 4000 BCE

    Ironworking

    Ironworking
  • 3999 BCE

    The Wheel

  • 3500 BCE

    Sailing

    Sailing
  • 3000 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
  • 2500 BCE

    Bronze Working

    Bronze Working
  • 2436 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

    The Great Pyramid
  • 473 BCE

    Fall of the Roman Empire

    Fall of the Roman Empire
  • 300 BCE

    Roman Concrete

    Roman Concrete
  • 206 BCE

    Compass

    Compass
  • 123 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Death of Alexander the Great
  • 105 BCE

    Paper

    Paper
  • 1 CE

    Birth of Christ

    Birth of Christ
  • 500

    Windmill

    Windmill
  • 610

    Islam Founded

    Islam Founded
  • 700

    Paper Currency

    Paper Currency
  • 1268

    Eyeglasses

    Eyeglasses
  • 1270

    Mechanical Clock

    Mechanical Clock
  • 1435

    Printing Press (Gutenberg)

    Printing Press (Gutenberg)
  • 1492

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

    Columbus sails to W. Indies
  • Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock
  • American Independence

    American Independence
  • Steam Locomotive

    Steam Locomotive
  • Bicycle

    Bicycle
  • Photography

    Photography
  • Mechanical Reaper

    Mechanical Reaper
  • Deere Self-Scouring Plow

    Deere Self-Scouring Plow
  • Vulcanized Rubber

    Vulcanized Rubber
  • Rechargeable Battery

    Rechargeable Battery
  • Pasteurization

    Pasteurization
  • U.S. Civil War Ends

    U.S. Civil War Ends
  • Typewriter

    Typewriter
  • Telephone

    Telephone
  • Phonograph

    Phonograph
  • Light Bulb

    Light Bulb
  • Coca-Cola

    Coca-Cola
  • Motion Pictures

    Motion Pictures
  • First Radio Station

    First Radio Station
  • Man Made Fertilizer

    Man Made Fertilizer
  • Wright Bros. Fly

  • Ford’s Model T

    Ford’s Model T
  • World War I

    World War I
  • Fordson Tractor

    Fordson Tractor
  • Transatlantic Flight

    Transatlantic Flight
  • Television

    Television
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
  • Nylon

    Nylon
  • World War II Begins

    World War II Begins
  • McDonald’s

    McDonald’s
  • A-Bombs dropped on Japan

    A-Bombs dropped on Japan
  • Transistor

    Transistor
  • AI

    AI
  • Polio Vaccine (Salk)

    Polio Vaccine (Salk)
  • VHS VCR

    VHS VCR
  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched
  • Moonlanding

  • Pong Debuts

    Pong Debuts
  • Barcodes

    Barcodes
  • Apple II Personal Computer

    Apple II Personal Computer
  • CD

    CD
  • Sony Walkman

    Sony Walkman
  • Diesel Engine

    Diesel Engine
  • Smallpox Eradicated Worldwide

    Smallpox Eradicated Worldwide
  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

    Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone
  • Internet

    Internet
  • CRISPR

    CRISPR
  • Nanotubes

  • Cloning of Dolly

    Cloning of Dolly
  • WiFi

  • Bluetooth

    Bluetooth
  • iPod debuts (hard drive)

    iPod debuts (hard drive)
  • Google Maps

  • Netflix Streaming

    Netflix Streaming
  • iPhone debuts

    iPhone debuts
  • Bitcoin

    Bitcoin
  • Today

    Today