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invention (The plow (When? (~3000 BC), Why important? (Surplus food could …
invention
The plow
When?
~3000 BC
Why important?
Surplus food could be traded
Allowed for specialization of labor
Cities could grow
The wheel
Important b/c it allowed people and materials to be moved quicky and efficiently
Created need for roads
Romans built appian way, one of the first major roads
Allow cities to expand
~3500 BC
Automobile
Allowed people to live outside of cities
Allowed civilization to spread; increased trade and made travel affordable and fast
1885 by Carl Benz
Printing press
allowed information to spread rapidly and cheaply
even poor could be educated
Knowledge =power; power now belonged to anyone with knowledge
Johannes Gutenberg in 1400