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10,000 BCE
paleolithic cave art
Paleolithic cave paintings demonstrate early humans' capacity to give meaning to their surroundings and communicate with others -
3500 BCE
cuneiform
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets. -
3100 BCE
Egyptian hieroglyphic
hieroglyph, a character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian monuments -
3100 BCE
handwriting/ illuminated manuscript
Illuminated manuscripts are hand-written books with painted decoration that generally includes precious metals such as gold or silver -
1440 BCE
printing press
The printing press is a device that allows for the mass production of uniform printed matter, main -
telephone
A telephone is an instrument designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. -
telephone
The telephone came about because they were trying to improve the capabilities of the telegraph -
radio
Radio is sound communication by radio waves, usually through the transmission of music, news, and other types of programs from single broadcast stations to multitudes of individual listeners equipped with radio receivers -
television
an electronic system of transmitting images with sound over a wire or through space by devices that change light and sound into electrical waves and then change these back into light and sound -
computers
Early computers were meant to be used only for calculations. Simple manual instruments like the abacus have aided people in doing calculations since ancient times -
gaming system
A games console is a computer device used to play virtual, or 'video' games, on a screen -
internet
It connected the world in a way that made it much easier for people to get information, share, and communicate. -
artificial intelligence
makes it possible for machines to learn from experience, adjust to new inputs and perform human-like tasks