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Important Technology in AP World History Flashcards

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7243345652Beginnings of civilizations to 600 BCE (Mesopotamia, Egypt)Domestication of animals, agriculture, irrigation, dams, wheel, the sail, metal work, brick making, the arch, cities, govs, geometry, algebra, writing, calendars0
7243345653600 BCE - 600 CE (Persia)Coins1
7243345654600 BCE - 600 CE (India)Arabic numeral2
7243345655600 BCE - 600 CE (China)compass, wood pulp paper, porcelain, canals, horse collar, stirrup3
7243345656600 BCE - 600 CE (Mediterranean, Greece, Rome)Astrolabe, lateen sail, concrete, crop rotation)4
7243345657600 CE - 1450 (China)Paper money, block printing, gunpowder, firearms5
7243345658600 CE - 1450 (Europe)Mechanical clock, eye glasses, English longbow, wheeled plow6
7243345659600 CE - 1450 (North Africa)University7
72433456601450 - 1750 (Europe)Alphabetic movable type printing press, telescope, microscope, steam engine, factory textile machines8
72433456611750 - 1900 (Europe and US)Steam boat, steam locomotive, steel ships, steel-framed skyscrapers, machine gun, light bulb, telephone, radio, typewriter, movie projector, electric diesel and gasoline motors, cotton gin, sewing machine, steel plow, mechanical reaper, automobile9
72433456621900 to the present (Europe and US)Airplane, liquid fuel rocket, communications satellite, nuclear power, tv, transistor, electronic comp, Internet, penicillin, DNA10
7243347265Bronze AgeAge from 4,000 BCE, when bronze tools came into existence, to 1,500 BCE, when iron tools replaced them.11
7243349036BabylonAnother civilization in Mesopotamia; replaced Akkad, famous for King Hammurabi and the code named after him.12
7243350207Indus ValleyAnother civilization lasting from 2500-1500 BCE that was built along the banks of the Indus River system. Rather limited in contact with other cultures due to the huge mountain systems by it.13
7248942200RegionAn area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.14
7248980784Culturalof or relating to the ideas, customs, and interpersonal behavior of a society15

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