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1700 BCE
Pre-Industrial Age
The most basics of communicating was to draw symbols onto stone walls or to write in papyrus scrolls -
Industrial Age
The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization and characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine. -
Electronic Age
The electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use. -
Information Age
The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a historic period in the 21st century characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on information technology.