Audio Zepis nomersorak3b History of Technology Part 1 the history of technology begins with the use of the stone tools by the earliest humans.0:00
The old Stone Age, which began about 2.5 million years ago, produced stone tools, the use of fire spears, the bow and arrows and simple oil lamps.0:17
The new Stone Age, which began about 9,000 B.C. saw early farming, the use of the digging stick and the wooden hoe.0:30
The stone tools were improved and stone axes began to be used for cutting down trees.0:39
Neolithic people learned to make pots, cloth baskets, build houses and use early boats.0:45
The Bronze age, beginning about 4000 B.C. gave birth to agricultural civilization.0:53
The use of copper and bronze led to a lot of new techniques and devices.1:00
That was the time when trade first appeared.1:06
Copper and bronze hand weapons came into use as well as horse drawn war chariots built in.1:09
Technology also developed fast during the Bronze Age.1:16
That was the time when people began building pyramids, which still impress us.1:20
While constructing pyramids, Bronze Age builders solved some of the most difficult problems of construction technologies.1:25
They also knew how to irrigate their lands to get good crops.1:33
The Iron Age, which began about 2000 BC, was a new technical era.1:37
First of all, iron started to be used in making weapons.1:43
And iron weapons gave Greece its military power.1:47
The Greeks built a large fleet which they used for trading and for fighting in their wars.1:50
Greek builders used stone to produce their noble structures with massive columns.1:56
The skill of Roman engineers is legendary.2:01
They learned to build stone arches, domes and aqueducts.2:04
Roman engineers constructed the water wheel to use its power.2:09
Even more important was the invention of the heavy plough.2:14
This new plough helped the civilization of northern Europe to develop.2:18
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