List of technologies
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Here is a list of significant technological developments, by chronological order and organized by their type. (Note: Please read discussion before editing)
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[edit] Prehistoric Era
(Before 3500 BC)
[edit] Practical Technologies
- ca. 2 mya : Simple stone technology [1]
- ca. 1.5 mya : Fire creation [2]
- ca. 1.2 mya years ago : Stone tools [3]
- ca. 110,000 years ago : Fur clothing [4]
- ca. 43,000 years ago : Mining [5]
- ca. 40,000 years ago : Logboat [6]
- ca. 36,000 years ago : Bone flute [7]
- ca. 32,000 BC : Animal domestication [8]
- ca. 30,000 years ago : String [9]
- ca. 30,000 years ago : Painting [10]
- ca. 23,000 BC : Ceramics [11]
- ca. 18,000 BC : Sewing [12]
- ca. 15,000 BC : Rope [13]
- ca. 10,000 BC : Plant domestication
- ca. 8000 BC : Brick [14]
- ca. 8000 BC : Spindle [14]
- ca. 7000 BC : Metalworking [15]
- ca. 5000 BC : Leather [16]
- ca. 6000 BC : Salt cultivation
- ca. 5000 BC : Irrigation [17]
- ca. 4500 BC : Equestrianism
- ca. 4000 BC : Weaving loom [18]
- ca. 4000 BC : Wheel
[edit] Military Technologies
- ca. 1.6 mya : Acheulean hand axes
- ca. 400,000 years ago : Spear and Javelin [19]
- ca. 30,000 years ago : Boomerang
- ca. 25,000 BC : Dart thrower [20]
- ca. 12,000 BC : Mace
- ca. 9200 BC : Microliths
- ca. 9000 BC : Bow
- ca. 7000 BC : Defensive wall
[edit] Astronomical Technologies
[edit] Classical Era
(3500 BC - 500 AD)
[edit] Practical Technologies
- ca. 3500 BC : Writing systems
- ca. 3300 BC : Mummification
- ca. 3000 BC : Papyrus [21]
- ca. 3000 BC : Ard plough [21]
- ca. 3000 BC : Wheel [21]
- ca. 3000 BC : Glass making
- ca. 3000 BC : Galley
- ca. 3000 BC : Pottery [22]
- ca. 2800 BC : Metallurgy/Bronze forging [15]
- ca. 2700 BC : Plumbing
- ca. 2500 BC : Abacus
- ca. 2000 BC : Iron Smelting [15]
- 2nd millenium BC : Arch
- ca. 1700 BC : Alphabet
- ca. 1500 BC : Glass making [21]
- ca. 11th century BC : Steel [15]
- ca. 800 BC : Saddle
- ca. 710 BC : Lock [21]
- ca. 600 BC : Aqueduct [23]
- ca. 600 BC : Archimedes' screw
- 6th century BC : Caliper
- ca. 515 BC : Crane
- ca. 325 BC : Odometer
- 3rd century BC : Watermill
- ca. 200-300 BC : Block and tackle
- ca. 100-500 BC : Horseshoe
- ca. 100 BC : Paper
- 50 AD : Aeolipile [24]
[edit] Military Technologies
- ca. 3000 BC : Sword [25]
- ca. 2600 BC : Chariot [26]
- ca. 800 BC : Ram bow
- 8th century BC : Incendiary arrows
- ca. 700 BC : Polyreme [27]
- 5th century BC : Crossbow
- 399 BC : Catapult
- 359-336 BC : Pike
- ca. 130 BC : Stirrup [28]
- 50 BC : Scorpio
[edit] Astronomical Technologies
- ca. 4000 BC : Calendar [29]
- ca. 1500 BC : Water clock [21]
- ca. 1500 BC : Sundial [30]
- ca. 1100 BC : Gnomon
- ca. 2300 BC : Map [31]
- ca. 300 BC : Hemicycle [32]
- ca. 130 BC : Orrery
[edit] Medieval Era
(500 AD - 1450 AD)
[edit] Practical Technologies
[edit] Military Technologies
- ca. 672 AD : Greek fire
- ca. 1350 AD : Longsword
[edit] Astronomical Technologies
1283 AD : Mechanical clock [32]
[edit] Renaissance Era
(1450 - 1800 AD)
[edit] Practical Technologies
1656 AD : Pendulum clock [32]
[edit] Military Technologies
[edit] Astronomical Technologies
[edit] Notes
- ^ First stone tools found at the Olduvai gorge [1]
- ^ This is the earliest possible time at which fire could have been invented [2]
- ^ The first real "tools" made by man [3]
- ^ Clothing was first worn some time between 100,000 years ago - 500,000 years ago [4]
- ^ Establishment of the first mining operation in history [5]
- ^ The colonisation of Australia was the first verifiable usage of any form of sea transportation [6]
- ^ This is the earliest possible time when the first flute was created [7]
- ^ The earliest speculated remains of a dog [8]
- ^ This is of course discounting the use of natural plant fibers as early string. [9]
- ^ Earliest works of art found in Africa 30,000 years ago [10]
- ^ First piece of ceramic artistry made 25,000 years ago, far earlier than the rest of the world [11]
- ^ Archaeologists discovered the earliest sewing needles of bone, 20,000 years ago [12]
- ^ J.C. Turner and P. van de Griend (ed.), The History and Science of Knots (Singapore: World Scientific, 1996),
- ^ a b Article on the human crafts around 8000 BC[13]
- ^ a b c d History of metallurgy [14]
- ^ See also: source from where this site gets the information [15]
- ^ http://www.homefurnish.com/homeimprovement/plumbing/historyofirrigation.aspx
- ^ First woven fabrics made 6000 years ago by Egyptians[16]
- ^ Article on the oldest spears found [17]
- ^ Although it is believed to have been invented 40,000 years ago, evidence only points to as early as 25,000 BC [18]
- ^ a b c d e f
- ^ First potter's wheel built in Mesopotamia [19]
- ^ [20]
- ^ A Brief History of Science edited by John Gribbin, p 12
- ^ Around this time daggers truely evolved into recognizable swords [21]
- ^ First depictions of chariots in battle are from 2600 BC [22]
- ^ Invented by the Phoenicians circa 700 BC [23]
- ^ Invented some time in the late 2nd century BC [24]
- ^ A crude calendar was developped by the early Egyptian peoples, it however still had a lot to improve on [25]
- ^ First sundial, or Shadow clock, from Ancient Egypt [26]
- ^ Found on clay Babylonian tablets [27]
- ^ a b c A history of clocks [28]
- ^ The Science Book edited by Peter Tallack, p34
[edit] References
- Various Wikipedia articles; see hyperlinks (Verifiability is still pending)
