Early tools made from flint and obsidian for hunting and survival
Allowed humans to cook food, stay warm, and ward off predators
Shift from hunter-gatherer societies to settled farming
Enabled plowing, transportation, and companionship
Facilitated farming in arid regions
Opened up trade and exploration
Revolutionized transport and agriculture
Used for tools, ornaments, and eventually windows
Ushered in the Bronze Age, enhancing warfare and craftsmanship
Emergence of written language like cuneiform for record-keeping
Led to stronger tools and weapons in the Iron Age
Enabled accurate navigation
Provided fresh water to cities in the Roman Empire
Invented in China, it transformed communication
Originating in China, it revolutionized warfare
Johannes Gutenberg's invention made books widely available
Revealed a microscopic world
Enabled exploration of the cosmos
James Watt's improvements powered the Industrial Revolution
Revolutionized textile manufacturing
Transformed transportation and commerce
Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype captured moments forever
Samuel Morse's invention shrank distances through communication
Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan brought light to the night
The Wright brothers' invention made global travel possible
Alexander Fleming's penicillin revolutionized medicine
Transformed entertainment and information
Promised energy and destruction alike
ENIAC ushered in the Information Age
Interconnected the world
Motorola introduced the first handheld device
Tim Berners-Lee's invention democratized information
Revolutionized human connectivity
Continues to reshape industries and daily life