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Inventions (The Plow (Why important? (Surplus food could be traded…
Inventions
The Plow
Why important?
Surplus food could be traded
Allowed for specialization of labor
Cities could grow
When?
~ 3000 BC
The Wheel
~3500 BC
important because it allowed people and materials to be moved quickly
Allows cities to expand
Created need for roads
Romans built Appian Way, one of the first major roads.
Automabile
1885 by Carl Benz
Allowed people to live outside of cities
Allowed civilization to spread; increased trade and made travel affordable and fast
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg in 1400
allowed information to spread rapidly and cheaply
Knowledge = power now belonged to anyone with knowledge