History of Communications (35,000 BC-1998 AD)

The Nomadic Age

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35,000 BC First paleolithic “writings.”

30,000 BC Crude Cro-Magnon lunar calendar used to hunt (First Information Revolution).

12,600 BC Lascaux Cave Paintings.

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The Agricultural Age (”Civilization” begins)

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8000 BC The Agricultural Age begins in the area around Israel, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.

8000 BC First farming and herding in the Near East.

8000 BC First objects used for accounting (clay cones) (Second Information Revolution).

4000-3000 BC Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language develops. It spreads with the success of the people living in the Russian Steps Northeast of the Black Sea. Advances in metallurgy are the key and the domestication of the horse. Granddaughter cultures spread West and North of Hungary.

3400 BC First Sumerian Pictograms.

3500 BC Farming becomes the dominant lifestyle in the Near East. Selengkapnya