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Technology – Grade 7 Communications History Timeline What is BC and AD BC means “Before Christ”, and refers to years before the year in which Jesus Christ is assumed to have been born. Thus, “500 BC” is a short way of saying “500 [years] before Christ. AD stands for “Anno Domini”, which is Latin for “Year of our Lord”, and refers to years after the birth of Christ. Thus, “AD 2005” is a short way of saying “Year of our Lord 2005”.Source: answerbag /q_view.php/11890 3500 BC to 1270 BC 3500 BC to 2900 BC The Phoenicians develop an alphabet. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing - pictographs of accounts written on clay tablets. The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing. 1775 BC Greeks use a phonetic alphabet written from left to right. 1400 BC Oldest record of writing in China on bones. 1270 BC The first encyclopedia is written in Syria. 900 BC to 170 BC 900 BC The very first postal service - for government use in China. 776 BC First recorded use of homing pigeons used to send message - the winner of the Olympic Games to the Athenians. 530 BC The Greeks start the very first library. 500 BC to 170 BC Papyrus rolls and early parchments made of dried reeds - first portable and light writing surfaces. 200 BC to 305 AD 200 BC to 100 BC Human messengers on foot or horseback common in Egypt and China with messenger relay stations built. Sometimes fire messages used from relay station to station instead of humans. 14 AD Romans establish postal services. 37 AD Heliographs - first recorded use of mirrors to send messages by Roman Emperor Tiberius. 100 AD First bound books 105 AD Tsai Lun of China invents paper as we know it. 305 AD First wooden printing presses invented in China - symbols carved on a wooden block. 1049 AD – 1714 AD 1049 First movable type invented - clay - invented in China by Pi Sheng. 1450 Newspapers appear in Europe. 1455 Johannes Gutenberg invents a printing press with metal movable type. 1560 Camera Obscura invented - primitive image making. 1