Question

the six periods of technology development.

Answer 1

There are basically 7 periods of technology development:

• Paleolithic Age
  • Old Stone age
  • Period: 500,000 BC to 10,000 BC
  • Stone axes, bone needles got developed
• Neolithic Age
  • New Stone Age
  • Period: 4000 BC to 2300 BC
  • Spinning tools, sickles, stone plows were developed
• Bronze Age
  • Period: 2300 BC to 700 BC
  • Bronze replaced the stone tools
• Iron Age
  • Period: 700 BC to 450 AD
  • Iron tools started coming to fore
  • Crossbow, catapult, iron plow, etc. were created
• Middle Age
  • Period: 450 AD to 1400 AD
  • Clear technology advancement was seen here
  • Harness, clocks and compasses were the major inventions
• Industrial Age
  • Period: 1750 AD to 1950 AD
  • The era of electricity and urbanization
  • Steam engine, battery, TV, radio were the major inventions of this period
• Information Age
  • Period: 1950 AD till current date
  • Era of information technology
  • Integrated circuits, digital equipments, nuclear weapons are some of the major inventions