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| c. 27,000 years ago |
| | In the earlist known example of ceramics, humans at Dolni Vestonice model figures in burnt clay | |
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| c. 15,000 years ago |
| | Needles of bone or ivory are now fine enough to take a thread as thin as horse hair | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | The spindle develops naturally in the process of twisting fibres into thread by hand | |
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| c. 7000 BC |
| | Neolithic communities in eastern Anatolia make implements of hammered copper - the first tentative step out of the Stone Age | |
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| c. 4400 BC |
| | The first evidence of a loom comes from this period in Egypt, but some simple method of holding the warp must be as old as weaving | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | A simple hand-held plough is in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia, at least 1000 years before a heavier version is pulled by oxen | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | The lever is in use in both Mesopotamia and Egypt | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | Wheels are in use on carts, particularly where wood is easily available and the ground rough - as in the forests of Europe | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | Potters in Mesopotamia turn their pots on wheels | |
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| c. 2850 BC |
| | The Chinese discover that the cocoon of a certain worm can be unwound, spun as thread and then woven - thus creating silk | |
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