Timeline
Ma means one million (106) years
Ka means one thousand years.
• 1.4 Ma: Knife in Ethiopia
• 1 Ma: Controlled fire and sterilization of food and water (cooking) in East Africa
• 100-500 ka: Clothing
• 140 ka: Bone tools in Africa
• 60 ka: Ships probably used by settlers of New Guinea
• 50 ka: Flute in Slovenia
• 43 ka: Mining in Swaziland and Hungary
• 10th millennium BC: Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
• 9th millennium BC: 8700 BC: Metalworking (copper pendant) in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
• 6200 BC: Map in Çatalhöyük
• 6th millennium BC: City in Mesopotamia (Iraq)
• 5th millennium BC: Beer and bread in Egypt
• 3500 BC: Writing in Sumer
• 4th millennium BC: River boats in Egypt
• 2800 BC: Soap in Mesopotamia
• 3rd millennium BC: # Candles in Egypt
• 2nd millennium BC: Perfume: Tapputi in Mesopotamia
• 2nd millennium BC: Bells in China
• 2nd millennium BC: Umbrella in Mesopotamia
• 300s BC: Compass in China
• 200 BC: Horseshoe in ancient Rome
• 150s BC: Astrolabe: Hipparchus
• 105: Paper: Cai Lun in China
• 500s: Chess in India
• 700s: Glass factory in Syria
• 754: Pharmacy in Baghdad
• 852: Parachute: Abbas Ibn Firnas in al-Andalus
• 900s: Gun in China
• 1128: Cannon in China
• 12th century: Sunglasses in China
• c. 1500: Scissors: Leonardo Da Vinci
• 1609: Telescope: Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Janssen, Jacob Metius
• 1672: Steam car: Ferdinand Verbiest
• 1700: Piano: Bartolomeo Cristofori
• 1714: Mercury thermometer: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
• 1776: Steamboat: Claude de Jouffroy
• 1784: Oil lamp: Aimé Argand
• 1805: Submarine Nautilus: Robert Fulton
• 1821: Electric motor: Michael Faraday
• 1849: Telephone: Antonio Meucci
• 1866: Dynamite: Alfred Nobel
• 1870: Chewing gum: Thomas Adams
Consequences:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt00k_guerre-secrete-envoye-special_extreme
1. Introduction
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