History of Communication
3500 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. to 2900 BC The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing.
1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right.
1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones.
1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria.
900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China.
776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians.
530 BC The Greeks start the very first library.
500 BC Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds - first portable and light writing surfaces. to 170 BC
200 BC Human messengers on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built. to 100 BC Sometimes fire messages used from relay station to station instead of humans.
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14 Romans establish postal services.
37 Heliographs - first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius.
100 First bound books
105 BC Tsai Lun of China invents paper as we know it.
305 First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block.
1049 First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng.
1450 Newspapers appear in Europe.
1455 Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.
1560 Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making.
1650 First daily newspaper - Leipzig.
1714 Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter.
1793 Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore (visual
1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right.
1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones.
1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria.
900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China.
776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians.
530 BC The Greeks start the very first library.
500 BC Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds - first portable and light writing surfaces. to 170 BC
200 BC Human messengers on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built. to 100 BC Sometimes fire messages used from relay station to station instead of humans.
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14 Romans establish postal services.
37 Heliographs - first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius.
100 First bound books
105 BC Tsai Lun of China invents paper as we know it.
305 First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block.
1049 First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng.
1450 Newspapers appear in Europe.
1455 Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type.
1560 Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making.
1650 First daily newspaper - Leipzig.
1714 Englishmen, Henry Mill receives the first patent for a typewriter.
1793 Claude Chappe invents the first long-distance semaphore (visual