technology timeline NC 00000 to 09999

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NC 00000

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NC 01000

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NC 02000

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NC 02000 to 04000 BC 8001 to 6001 agriculture and fixed settlement arise. Early Sumerian writing appears.

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NC 03000

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NC 03000 BC 7001 production of pottery and cloth in Asia Minor.

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NC 04000

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NC 04000 to 07000 BC 6001 to 3001 use of potters wheel, wheeled vehicles, plows, and sailing boats in Mesopotamia.

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NC 05000

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NC 05000 BC 5001 mining and smelting of copper in Egypt.

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NC 06000

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NC 06195 BC 3806 the oldest known bridge (discovered in NC 11990), the 1100 m wooden Sweet Track Bridge, is completed in England.

NC 06900 BC 3101 correspondence of Sumerian writing to spoken language.

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NC 07000

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NC 07300 BC 2701 construction of Great Pyramids of Egypt begins.

NC 07400 BC 2601 tablets created to organize Sumerian words into glossaries.

NC 07700 BC 2301 construction of Great Pyramids of Egypt is completed.

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NC 08000

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NC 08000 BC 2001 glassmaking begins.

NC 08200 BC 1801 Nimrod bridge, oldest known arch bridge, is completed in Iraq.

NC 08400 to 08500 BC 1601 to 1501 cities constructed on Mediterranean island of Crete, featuring paved roads and elaborate multi-story palatial estates.

NC 08871 BC 1130 catalog of stars is prepared in Assyria.

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NC 09000

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NC 09351 BC 650 coins used as monetary exhange in Lydia.

NC 09489 BC 512 Bosporus Bridge, first intercontinental bridge, is completed in Turkey.

NC 09500 to 09700 BC 501 to 301 water power harnessed in Near East.

NC 09711 BC 290 Tower of Pharos lighthouse built in Alexandria, Egypt.

NC 09741 BC 260 Archimedes develops engineering of levers and other simple machines.

NC 09800 BC 201 parchment writing scrolls developed.

NC 09872 BC 129 Hipparchus creates a catalog of some 1000 stars.

NC 09900 BC 101 Romans construct amphitheatres.