Sense of Time

  • 3400 BCE

    Writing

    Writing
  • 2780 BCE

    The Great Pyramid

    The Great Pyramid
  • 323 BCE

    Death of Alexander the Great

  • 4 BCE

    Birth of Christ

    Birth of Christ
  • 9

    Gunpowder

  • 476

    Fall of the Roman Empire

  • 610

    Islam Founded

  • 1436

    Printing Press

  • 1492

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

  • 1492

    Columbus sails to W. Indies

  • Pilgrims Land Plymouth Rock

  • American Independence

  • Steam Locomotive

  • U.S. Civil War Ends

  • Typewriter

  • Telephone

  • Phonograph

  • Lightbulb

    Lightbulb
  • Coca-Cola

    Coca-Cola
  • Diesel Engine

    Diesel Engine
  • Motion Pictures: Birth of a Nation debuts

  • Wright Bros. Fly

    Wright Bros. Fly
  • Ford's Model T

  • World War I

  • Transatlantic Flight

  • First Radio Station

  • Television (Philo F.)

  • World War II Begins

    World War II Begins
  • A-Bombs dropped on Japan

    A-Bombs dropped on Japan
  • Polio Vaccine (Salk)

  • McDonald's

    McDonald's
  • Sputnik Launched

    Sputnik Launched
  • Moonlanding

    Moonlanding
  • Pong Debuts

  • Betamax

    Betamax
  • VHS

    VHS
  • PC wins Time Magazine "Man of the Year"

  • CD

  • Motorola DynaTec Cell Phone

  • World Wide Web

  • Nanotubes

  • Cloning of Dolly

  • iPod debuts (hard drive)

    iPod debuts (hard drive)
  • Netflix Streaming

  • IPhone

  • Today

    Today