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Engineering in history & Engineering in the modern era (Engineering in…
Engineering in history & Engineering in the modern era
Engineering in history
Hunter Gatherers and their Technologies
Hunter gatherers based in East Africa
+-2 000 000 years ago
Controlled use of fire
Clothing, utensils for domestic use and early art forms
Axe and spear
Agricultural Revolution / Neolithic Revolution
Development of agriculture was a critical turning point:
+- 10 000 – 7000 years ago
Spread of agriculture
Why in Mesopotamia first?
Number of theories
The ease of domestication of local foods
The fertility of land
Advantages and Disadvantages of Agricultural
Revolution - VIDEO
Influence of agriculture
Societal changes
Support an aristocracy
Settlements of people
Career specialisation
Support development of technologies
Denser populations
But disease and war
Writing
Early Engineering – Mesopotamia and Egypt
