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29,000 BCE
Pottery
People can now make pottery -
10,000 BCE
Farming
The start of farming -
6000 BCE
Irrigation
People are irrigating crops -
4200 BCE
Wheel
The wheel is invented -
3500 BCE
Sailing
People can use boats with sails -
3500 BCE
Weaving
Weaving is created -
3400 BCE
Writing
Creation of the first written language -
2550 BCE
The Great Pyramid
Great Pyramids are made -
2500 BCE
Bronze working
Tools made out of bronze -
1300 BCE
Ironworking
Things can be made from iron -
600 BCE
Roman Concrete
Roman Concrete is invented -
323 BCE
Death of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great died -
206 BCE
Compass
Creation of the compass -
6 BCE
Birth of Christ
Estimated birth of Christ -
105
Paper
Paper is created -
142
Gunpowder
Gunpowder is created -
476
Fall of the Roman Empire
End of the ROman Empire -
610
Islam founded
Islam is founded -
644
Windmill
Lightweight wooden sails -
1270
Mechanical Clock
The mechanical clock is invented -
1286
Eyeglasses
Eyeglasses are invented -
1440
Printing Press
The printing press is invented -
1493
Columbus sails to W. Indies
Columbus sails to the West Indies -
Pilgrims land Plymouth Rock
The pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock -
Steam Locomotive
THe steam locomotive is invented -
Bicycle
Bicycle is invented -
Photography
People can start taking pictures -
Mechanical Reaper
Farm tool -
Deere Self-Scouring Plow
Farming equipment -
Vulcanized Rubber
Vulcanized Rubber now exists -
Man made fertilizer
People can now make fertilizer -
Rechargeable battery
Creation of a rechargeable battery -
Paper Currency
Paper money now exists -
Pasteurization
Can now pasteurize products -
US Civil War Ends
The end of the Civil War -
Typewriter
People can now type -
American Independence
America is now independent -
Telephone
First ever telephone -
Phonograph
Phonograph is invented -
Lightbulb
Invention of the light bulb -
Coca-Cola
Coke is invented -
Diesel Engine
Patent year of the diesel engine -
Motion Pictures
Short films -
World War l
World War l starts -
Wright Bros Fly
Wright Brothers fly for the first time -
Ford Model T
The first mass-produced car -
Fordson Tractor
A tractor is invented -
Transatlantic Flight
Flights can now cross the atlantic -
First radio station
First ever radio station -
Television
First ever television -
Penicillin
Penicillin is invented -
Nylon
Nylon is created -
WWll Begins
The start of WWll -
Transistor
Invention of an electrical piece -
A-Bombs dropped on Japan
A-Bombs are dropped onto Japan -
Barcodes
Barcodes are invented -
Polio Vaccine
A vaccine for polio is invented -
McDonald's
First McDonalds opens -
AI
Artificial Intelligence -
Sputnik Launch
Sputnik was launched into space -
Moonlanding
US lands on the moon -
Nanotubes
Nanotubes are invented -
Pong Debuts
First video game -
VHS VCR
VHS and VCR are created -
Apple ll Personal Computer
Apple releases 2nd personal computer -
CD
The compact disc -
Smallpox Eradicated Worldwide
End of smallpox worldwide -
Sony Walkman
One of the first headphones -
Internet
Internet is created -
Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone
A cell phone is invented -
CRISPR
Gene editing technology -
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is invented -
WiFi
Wifi is invented -
Cloning of Dolly
Dolly the sheep is cloned -
iPod debuts
The iPod is released -
Google Maps
Google maps is invented -
iPhone debuts
iPhone is released -
Netflix Streaming
Netflix now streams movies -
Bitcoin
Digital currency -
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