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Paper Currency
Before paper currency things such as gold, silver or food was used to trade. The creation of paper currency made trading far more efficient, which meant the trading of goods increased. The first widely used paper currency was seen in China in the ninth century. -
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The Printing Press
The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 in Mainz, Germany. It made copying books way more efficient, which help a spread of information around the world. -
The Steam Engine
The development of the steam engine was one of the most monumental technological advancements in history, whish quite literally fueled the Industrial Revolution. -
The Telegraph
Before the telegraph information could only travel as fast as the man carrying the letter or other sort of document. With the telegraph information was able to be spread way faster then every seen before. -
The Electric Lightbub
The use of electricity on a nationwide scale began with the invention of the lightbulb. The development of this revolutionary creation was done by a couple of different scientists, but the first long-lasting lightbulb was patented by Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan in 1879. -
Transistors
The transistor is a vital past of almost every single electrical device, so we can thank this small magnificent piece of ingenuity for the later creation of Facebook and Netflix.
