Difference between revisions of "Technological development"
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*[[Currency]] | *[[Currency]] | ||
The development of an object with constant value which everyone is willing to trade for their goods or services. | The development of an object with constant value which everyone is willing to trade for their goods or services. | ||
| − | *Banking | + | *[[Banking]] |
| − | *Corporations | + | *[[Corporations]] |
===Materials=== | ===Materials=== | ||
| − | *Metal Working | + | *[[Metal Working]] |
| − | *Plastics | + | *[[Plastics]] |
| − | *Fabrics | + | *[[Fabrics]] |
| − | *Chemicals | + | *[[Chemicals]] |
==Warfare== | ==Warfare== | ||
| − | *Hand-to-hand Weapons | + | *[[Hand-to-hand Weapons]] |
| − | *Missle Weapons | + | *[[Missle Weapons]] |
| − | *Siege Engines | + | *[[Siege Engines]] |
| − | *Gunpowder Weapons | + | *[[Gunpowder]] Weapons |
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==Transportation== | ==Transportation== | ||
*The Wheel | *The Wheel | ||
| − | *Automobiles | + | *[[Automobiles]] |
| − | *Aircraft | + | *[[Aircraft]] |
| − | *Watercraft | + | *[[Watercraft]] |
==Buildings and Construction== | ==Buildings and Construction== | ||
*Rammed Earth | *Rammed Earth | ||
| − | *Masonry | + | *[[Masonry]] |
**Fired Brick | **Fired Brick | ||
**Stone work | **Stone work | ||
*Post & Lintel | *Post & Lintel | ||
| − | *Concrete | + | *[[Concrete]] |
| − | *The Arch | + | *The [[Arch]] |
*Steel Frame Construction | *Steel Frame Construction | ||
| − | **Rivet | + | **[[Rivet]] |
| − | **Welding | + | **[[Welding]] |
| − | **Pre-Engineered Building | + | **[[Pre-Engineered Building]] |
| − | *Roads | + | *[[Roads]] |
==Health== | ==Health== | ||
| − | *Agriculture | + | *[[Agriculture]] |
| − | *Medicine | + | *[[Medicine]] |
| − | **Penicillin | + | **[[Penicillin]] |
| − | **Antibiotices | + | **[[Antibiotices]] |
| − | **Aspirin | + | **[[Aspirin]] |
*Procedures | *Procedures | ||
==Communication & Information== | ==Communication & Information== | ||
| − | *Writing | + | *[[Writing]] |
| − | *Paper | + | *[[Paper]] |
| − | *Telegraph | + | *[[Telegraph]] |
| − | *Telephone | + | *[[Telephone]] |
| − | *Computer | + | *[[Computer]] |
[[Category:Technology]] | [[Category:Technology]] | ||
Revision as of 15:55, August 25, 2007
Technonogy or the use of tools has developed along with civilization throughout the course of history. From the use of a sharpened stick to splitting the atom and the internet, one technological advancement has built on preceding developments. Most technological advancements can be categorized as focused on one major area of civilization.
- Commerce
- Warfare
- Transportation
- Building & Construction
- Health
- Information
As even a cursory examination of the history of the development of different techonologies for these categories would suggest, one particular invention is used for all of them. Probably the most basic example would be the wheel. No one would deny that this one invention made lasting improvements in every area of life.
Commerce
Money
The development of an object with constant value which everyone is willing to trade for their goods or services.
Materials
Warfare
Transportation
- The Wheel
- Automobiles
- Aircraft
- Watercraft
Buildings and Construction
- Rammed Earth
- Masonry
- Fired Brick
- Stone work
- Post & Lintel
- Concrete
- The Arch
- Steel Frame Construction
- Roads
Health
- Agriculture
- Medicine
- Procedures