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Communication

Communication: c. 3100 BCE - 2010  

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Writing is developed, at Sumer, as cuneiform script on clay tablets
Engineering

Engineering: c. 515 BCE - 2010  

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The Persian emperor Darius I constructs a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea
Inventions and Discoveries

Inventions and Discoveries: -  

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Printing

Printing: c. 175 - 1855  

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The Han emperor in China has the six main Confucian classics engraved in stone, so that scholars may take rubbings - a first step towards printing
Steam

Steam: c. 75 - 1902  

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Hero, a Greek scientist in Alexandria, devises various forms of steam engine
Technology

Technology: c. 27,000 years ago - 2011  

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In the earliest known example of ceramics, humans at Dolni Vestonice model figures in burnt clay

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