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The Egyptian pyramids were built around this time. they were built in Giza, Egypt
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The Romans built a road system that spanned 44,000 miles.
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Inventions were being created all throughout Europe during this timespan
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The Notre Dame de Paris cathedral started building in 1163 and was completed in 1345
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Mariano de Iacopo wrote 2 books on mechanical engineering during the Renaissance era
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The Newcomen steam engine was installed
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The British parliament passed legislation that created the board of longitude
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The first cotton mill opened in England
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The water frame spun cotton into thread using water machinery
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James Watt developed a version of an engine that could drive factory machines
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Eli Whitney creates the cotton gin
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Robert Fulton completed the 196 foot long steamship
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Friedrich Koeing inventered a steam powered printing press
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The Transcontinental Railroad began construction in 1862 and was finished in 1869. It linked Omaha, Nebraska with Sacramento, California
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Dynamos, machines that convert rotational energy from a steam engine or waterwheel into electrical energy, provided efficient methods of generating electricity
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Thomas Edison's light system was installed in New York City
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Starting in 1892, George Westinghouse's AC system became the primary method of electrical distribution
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Beginning in 1894, Guglie Marconi began experimenting with radio transmitters/ receivers with the goal of wireless telegraphy
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Wright brothers complete the first powered flight
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Henry Ford created the Ford Motor Company in 1903
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The RCA was formed (Radio Corporation of America)
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RCA formed the NBC. It was the first interconnected network of radio stations.
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Experimental computers are created beginning in the 40's and continuing through the 50's
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The first Univac I computer was sold for over $1,000,000 to the US Consensus Agency
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Transistors were widely used in computers throughout the early 1960's
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Microprocessors invented by Intel and Texas Industries
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IBM introduced the PC into the market
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Boeing 777 was engineered and was the most complex object at this point
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In the 1990s, computers became more common in homes
