Technology:
the study of the designed world. Used to solve practical problems and
extend human capabilities. Developments in technology are evolutionary,
and are often the result of a series of refinements to an idea or basic
invention.
Impacts
of Technology: are divided into four categories: social (the impact on
people), political (the impact on policy and laws), cultural (the impact
on human achievement), and economic (the impact on the economy).
Paleolithic
Age: the Old Stone Age, occurred between 500,000 BC and 10,000 BC and
is marked by improvements to diet and security allowing the population
to grow.
Mesolithic
Age: the Middle Stone Age, occurred between 10,000 BC and 4,000 BC and
is marked by the domestication of animals and agriculture.
Neolithic
Age: the New Stone Age, occurred between 4,000 BC and 2,300 BC and is
marked by specialization, division of labor, and the use of math and
documentation of concepts.
Bronze
Age: the architectural period that includes combining copper and tin to
produce bronze; occurred between 2,300 BC and 700 BC.
Iron Age: the architectural period marked by the use of iron and steel; occurred between 700 BC and 450 AD
Middle
Ages: the architectural period after the Roman Empire; divided into
Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, and Late Middle Ages; occurred
between 450 AD and 1,400 AD and marked by the development of tools of
war.
Renaissance:
the architectural period marked by the revival of classical influence
and the sharing of ideas; occurred between 1,400 AD and 1,750 AD.
Industrial
Age: the architectural period marked by the first use of complex
machinery, factories and urbanization, occurring between 1,750 AD and
1,950 AD.
Information
Age: the architectural period marked by information sharing, gathering,
manipulation, and retrieval; occurred between 1,950 AD and present