History of communication Timeline
Telephone (1876)
Optical Telegraph (1971)
Hieroglyphs (3200 B.C)
Cave Paintings (The paleolithic era)
Claude Chappe sends the first transmission over the optical telegraph.
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call.
The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing.
The oldest known form of communication appears.
Morse code (1830)
Alphabet (1050 B.C)
Sumerian cuneiform (3500 B.C)
Radio (1902)
Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first radio signal over the Atlantic.
Samuel F.B. Morse sends the first Morse code message.
The Phoneclans create the first phonemic writing system.
The earliest known writing system is formed.
WWW (1988)
Television (1925)
Tim Berners- Lee invents invents the World Wide Web
The first television signal is transmitted
Social Media (1997)
Email (1971)
Pau Tomlinson sends the first email.
Six Degrees.com, the first social media network, is launched. Followed by others, such as: Facebook. WhatsApp,instagram...
History of communication Timeline
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History of communication Timeline
Telephone (1876)
Optical Telegraph (1971)
Hieroglyphs (3200 B.C)
Cave Paintings (The paleolithic era)
Claude Chappe sends the first transmission over the optical telegraph.
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call.
The Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing.
The oldest known form of communication appears.
Morse code (1830)
Alphabet (1050 B.C)
Sumerian cuneiform (3500 B.C)
Radio (1902)
Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first radio signal over the Atlantic.
Samuel F.B. Morse sends the first Morse code message.
The Phoneclans create the first phonemic writing system.
The earliest known writing system is formed.
WWW (1988)
Television (1925)
Tim Berners- Lee invents invents the World Wide Web
The first television signal is transmitted
Social Media (1997)
Email (1971)
Pau Tomlinson sends the first email.
Six Degrees.com, the first social media network, is launched. Followed by others, such as: Facebook. WhatsApp,instagram...