Technological change

This article provides a survey of technological change from the late Bronze Age (ca. 1550 bce ) to the seventh century ce . It discusses the independent inventions of agriculture, writing, numbers, astronomy, and calendars in the ancient Middle East, Asia, and Mesoamerica, and the development of various technologies by the Greeks and Romans which are now part of the western technical tradition. Narratives of evolution, revolution, stagnation, progress, and development are outlined in relation to various authors, periods, cultures, and technologies. Attitudes toward technological change among different schools of thought in ancient Greece and Rome are also briefly explored.

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Geography · Greeks · Literature · Mesoamerica · Narrative · Technological change · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History

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