TODAY
| 30,000 YEARS AGO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUMAN (homosapiens) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIRE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUNTING WITH SPEARS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 23,000 YEARS AGO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOW AND ARROW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20,000 YEARS AGO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEWING: HOODS, GLOVES, FOOT MITTENS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13,000 YEARS AGO |
| NORTH AMERICA INVADED |
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| 12,000 YEARS AGO |
| ICE AGE RETREAT BEGINS |
| 11,000 YEARS AGO |
| BEGININGS OF AGRICULTURE |
| SHEEP DOMESTICATED |
| 10,000 YEARS AGO |
| WHEAT & GOATS DOMESTICATED |
| 8,000 YEARS AGO |
| CATTLE IN EUROPE |
| MILLET IN CHINA |
| PEPPERS, TOMATOS, SQUASH IN MESO AMERICA |
| 7,000 YEARS AGO |
| CORN IN AMERICAS |
| RICE IN ASIA |
| 6,500 YEARS AGO |
| WHEEL (SUMERIA) |
| 5,500 YEARS AGO |
| WRITING & IRRIGATION |
| 5,000 YEARS AGO |
| CITIES |
| 2,000 YEARS AGO |
| ROME |
| 1,000 YEARS AGO |
| VIKINGS |
| AGE OF EXPLORATION |
| COAL USE |
| OIL |
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TODAY
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| 1790 |
| FLAG SIGNAL TOWERS |
| 1800 |
| 1820 |
| 1830 |
| 1840 |
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TELEGRAPH IN EUROPE
CHARLES BABBAGE DESIGNS 1ST GEN. PURPOSE COMPUTER. |
| 1845 |
| MORSE CODE |
| 1850 |
| 1860 |
| FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC TELEGRAM (CABLE FAILURE) |
| 1861 |
| APRIL-OCTOBER PONY EXPRESS (MO-CA) |
| 1870 |
| 1876 |
| TELEPHONE |
| 1880 |
| 1890 |
| 1900 |
| 1906 |
| VACUUM TUBE |
| 1910 |
| 1915 |
| NY-SAN FRANCISCO RADIO-LINK TELEPHONE CALL |
| 1920 |
| 1927 |
| NY-LONDON RADIO-TELEPHONE ($75/5min) |
| 1930 |
| WORLD WAR 2 |
| 1940 |
| 1947 |
| 1950 |
| 1956 |
| FIRST HARD DISK (5MB $50,000) |
| 1958 |
| LASER |
| 1960 |
| FIRST COMM. SATELLITE |
| 1963 |
| MOUSE invented by Doug Engelbart |
| 1964 |
| MOORE'S LAW |
| 1966 |
| FIBEROPTIC |
| MOON WALK |
| 1970 |
| BEGINNING OF INTERNET 4 HOSTS |
| 1971 |
| 23 HOSTS |
| 1973 |
| UNIX, EUROPE ON NET (LONDON, NORWAY) |
| 1978 |
| TCP/IP |
| 1980 |
| 1982 |
| 200 HOSTS |
| 1983 |
| 1984 |
| 1000 HOSTS |
| 1986 |
| 5,000 HOSTS |
| 1987 |
| 10,000 HOSTS |
| 1988 |
| 60,000 HOSTS |
| 1989 |
| 100,000 HOSTS |
| 1990 |
| WWW |
| 1991 |
| 600,000 HOSTS |
| 1992 |
| 1 MILLION HOSTS |
| 1993 |
| 2 MILLION HOSTS, MOSIAC |
| 1994 |
| 3 MILLION HOSTS |
| 1995 |
| 4 MILLION HOSTS, JAVA |
| 9 MILLION HOSTS |
| 1997 |
| 16 MILLION HOSTS |
| 1998 |
| 40 MILLION HOSTS |
| 1999 |
| 70 MILLION HOSTS |
| 2000 |
| 110 MILLION HOSTS |
| 2001 |
| 150 MILLION HOSTS |
| 2003 |
|
200 Million Hosts |
| 2004 |
| 300 MILLION HOSTS |
| 2005 |
|
350 Million Hosts! |