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6000 BCE
Cave Paintings
Petroglyphs -
Period: 6000 BCE to
Prehistoric Age
People discovered fire, developed paper from plants and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper, and iron. This era is divided into two namely Stone Age and Metal Age. Petroglyphs is carvings or engravings in rocks or caves and pictographs represent word or phrases through images or symbols. -
3500 BCE
Clay tablets in Mesopotamia
Pictographs -
Period: to
Industrial Age
People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production and the manufacturing of various products. A telegraph is first used in this era and it is used to transmit messages from a distance along a wire. -
Telegraph
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Punch Cards
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Period: to
Information Age
The internet paved way for faster communication and creation of the social network. People advance the use of microelectronics with the invention of personal computers, mobile devices and wearable technology. Voice, image, sound and data are digitalized. -
Period: to
Electronic Age
Invention of the transistor ushered electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. Long distance communication became more efficient. -
Television
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UNIVAC 1 (Large Electronic Computer)
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Social Network
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Smartphone and wearable technology
