Communication In History

Cave Drawings

100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/cave_painting.htm
-Around 30,000 B.C.E murals were painted on cave walls that told stories of battles, hunts, and culture.
Most are found in Europe,Africa,Ausrtalia, and South East Asia.People believe educated cave-man are responsible for these drawings.

Pictograms

100

http://www.csun.edu/~pjd77408/DrD/Art461/MotionLecture/Pictograms_Ideograms.htm
In 9,000 B.C.E pictures that represent an object or an idea started to develop.Most pictograms were disconnected and fragmented drawings.They were usually combined to make stories.Pictograms were usually recalled the object or the concept not really the spoken word.

Petroglyphs

100

http://www.zioncanyonofferings.com/About-Petroglyphs.html
Around 10,000 B.C.E images were created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading.
It's belived that indians from ancient times created these rock arts.Not many know what these paintings mean, but they are open to any type of interpretation.

Writing

100

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/9790324/QI-some-quite-interesting-facts-about-writing.html
Writing came about in 2,700 B.C.E.When cities got to big to for governing through speech of the mouth, people started to revolutionize writing.Most of the early accounts of writing were lists and accounts.

Electric Telegraph

Jan 1, 1830

http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm
In 1794 the first non-electrical telegraph was invented by Claude Chappe.It was later replaced by the electric telegraph.In 1830 america,Joseph Henry, improved and invented another telegraph that really didnt work the first time around.It wasn't until Samuel Morse came around that the telegraph was finally perfected.

Typewriter

Jul 14, 1867

http://mentalfloss.com/article/48912/brief-history-typewriterhttp://todayinsci.com/S/Sholes_Christopher/SholesChristopher-HistoryOfTheTypewriter.htm
In 1714 the concept of the typewriter was developed by one englishman,Henry Mill.It wasn't until 1867 that the typewriter was actually invented by Christopher Latham Shole

Internet

Jan 1, 1973

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/internet.htmhttp://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet The design of the internet was invented in 1973 and later published in 1974.By the end of 1970's Vinton Cerf,a computer scientist, developed a way for all of the computers on all the world's mini-networks to communicate with eachother.Henceforth the internet as we know it (sort of).