EARLY

TECHNOLOGIES

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SO WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO EARLY

SCIENTISTS?

Technology was defined by Homer and

Hesiod as The spoken word of manual
craft or cunning skill
Hesio
Homer

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PERIODS WHERE THE INVENTION OF NEW

TECHNOLOGIES WERE WIDESPREAD

Ancient

Period (10,000 BC 500

BC)
Classical Period (500 BC 400 AD)
Middle Ages (400 AD 1200 AD)
Renaissance Era (1200 AD 1700
AD)
Industrial Revolution ( 1700 AD
1910AD)
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ANCIENT
PERIOD
Home
sweet
home!

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ANCIENT PERIOD

In this period, early Humans invented

the basic tools made from stones that
we still use today like the fire, wheel,
knife, hammer, bows etc.

This tools back

then were
primarily used
for hunting 5

lassical Period

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CLASSICAL PERIOD

In this period, Civilizations like the

Greeks and the Romans were thriving
in the coast of the Mediterrenean and
spreading outposts across the Northern
Coasts of Africa which gave way to the
sharing
and spreading of ideas.
Mediterranea
n Sea

Roma
ns

Gree
ks

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CLASSICAL PERIOD
The Greeks and the Romans invented
concrete, streets, calendar, cranes,
levers, hose and the clock, while the
Chinese and the Indians invented paper,
coins, gunpowder, compass, ruler and
Paper
Ancient
Coins
shampoo.
Compa
ss

Sundi
al
- an early
form of a
clock that
uses shade to

Middle Ages

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MIDDLE AGES

During this period, Kings and Queens

began to rule, kingdoms were
established, peace was felt all over
Europe which enabled inventors to
focus on Agriculture and Science
Castle
rather than Warfare equipments

Royalty

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MIDDLE AGES
Technologies:
Furnac
e

used to
make
iron
equipme
nts

Printin
g Press
- Used
to make
mass
publicati
ons of
written

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Wind
mill

- uses
the
wind to
grind
wheat
into
flour

Canno
n

- uses
gunpowd
er to
launch a
projectile

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ena ssance Era

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RENAISSANCE ERA
In this era, Technological developments
were prioritized by 4 leading countries,
France, Spain, England, and Italy. Most
technologies associates with art,
astronomy,
exploration
and
warfare.
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RENAISSANCE ERA
Carav
el

- The
first
ship to
ever
use a
sail,
its fast,
stable
Thermom
and
durable.
eter

-is a device
that
measures
temperatur
e

Musket

is afirearmdesigned to
be fired
from the shoulder,
with a barrel
that has a
helical groove or
pattern of

grooves cut

Telescope
the barrel walls
tube like device
enhance the sight

into

-a
used to

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dustrial Revoluti

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- In this period of time, scientists and
inventors emerged from the lower class
and began inventing things that
replaced manual hand-works with
machines that ease our every day lives.

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Telephone
- device that

Airplane

permits two
or more
users to
conduct a
conversation
, invented by
Alexander
Graham Bell

-First developed by
the Wright brothers
In 1903, it is amachine
that is able toflyby gaining support
from
theair

Steam Engine
- is aheat enginethat
performsmechanical
workusingsteamas

itsworking fluid. Using

boiling
water to produce

Light Bulb
- is anelectric
lightwhich
produces light
with a
wirefilament
heated to a high
temperature by
an electric
current passing
through it, until it

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er inventions in the Industrial Age

Spinning Jenny

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Thats all !
Thank you for
listening !

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