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History of Technology

History of Technology. How it has changed lives!. Paleolithic 2.5 Million years ago. Use of fire Unpolished stone tools Sculpture Musical instruments Burial of the dead Cave dwellings Cave paintings Stone axes Bone needles Hearth sites. Mesolithic 20,000 BC. Microliths Sails

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History of Technology

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  1. History of Technology How it has changed lives!

  2. Paleolithic2.5 Million years ago • Use of fire • Unpolished stone tools • Sculpture • Musical instruments • Burial of the dead • Cave dwellings • Cave paintings • Stone axes • Bone needles • Hearth sites

  3. Mesolithic20,000 BC • Microliths • Sails • Wheel and axle • Leatherwork • Basketry • Fishing tackle • Stone adzes • Canoes • Bows • Domesticated animals • Stone circles • Sickles

  4. Neolithic10,000 BC • Stone and mud brick dwellings • Pottery • Polished stone tools • Spinning and weaving tools • Wooden and stone plows

  5. Bronze Age3300 – 1200 BC • Metal pots and pans • Pottery wheel • Chariot • Pulley • Metal jewelry • Metal tools • Metal weapons

  6. Iron Age1200 – 1000 BC • Block and tackle • Pump • Lathe • Iron dagger • Iron chisel • Iron axe • Iron spearhead

  7. Middle Ages500 – 1400 AD • Waterwheel • Windmill • Cannon • Mechanical clock • Wheeled plow • Horseshoes • Stirrups • Crank • Compass • Ocean-going ships

  8. Renaissance1300 - 1600 • Telescope • Microscope • Thermometer • Barometer • Printing press • Rifle

  9. Industrial Age1700 - ? • Steam engine • Electricity • Automobile • Airplane • Radio • Television • Telephone • Rocket

  10. Information age … Where will it take us?

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