Evolution of Media Flashcards
before 1700
pre-industrial age
people discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged equipment or weapon (stone, bronze, copper, iron)
pre-industrial age
pre-industrial age (enumerate)
- cave painting
- papyrus
- clay tablet
- acta diurna
- dibao
- codex
- printing press using word blocks
35000 BCE
cave painting
parietal art
cave painting
painted drawing on cave walls first used in Eurasia
cave painting
theorized as ways of communicating and for religious / ceremonial purposes
cave painting
2500 BCE
papyrus
from “pith”; similar to a thick paper
papyrus
first used in ancient Egypt; earliest archeological evidence
papyrus
2400 BCE
clay tables (Mesopotamia)
writing medium; cuneiform
clay tables (Mesopotamia)
invented (prolly) by the Sumerians
clay tables (Mesopotamia)
first newspaper in the world
Acta diurna
first used in Roman Republic
Acta diurna