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Story of writing: Timeline

Year	National/ International Significance	Local Event	Related Theme:Page
Early human	Cave Paintings		The technology of writing: The origins of writing
Egyptians	Used pictures to represent the sounds of the language, Hieroglyphic.		The technology of writing: The alphabet evolves
1700BC	The first true alphabet was invented, which is recognised today. It is called the Semitic Alphabet.		The technology of writing: The alphabet evolves
1000BC	Phoenician Alphabet is developed.		The technology of writing: The alphabet evolves
Roman	The Roman Script was invented.		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
Roman	Papyrus, the main surface used by Romans to record their thoughts on.		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
500BC to 1400AD	Most books in this period were produced by the Church and were prepared by using engraved wooden blocks.		The technology of writing: Printing
1AD to Middle Ages	The Main Scribes were Clerics. Their favourite Material to write on was Sheepskin (Parchment).		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
100AD	Paper invented in China.		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
122AD	Emperor Hadrian visited Britain		Wroxeter writing: Introduction
130AD		Large Forum at Wroxeter (Viroconium) and inscription were done.	Wroxeter writing: Introduction
11th Century	Printing by means of frame had been attempted by the Chinese.		The technology of writing: Printing
13th Century	There were paper-mills across Europe but paper-making was only small scale.		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
14th Century	Paper took over parchment as a main writing surface.		The technology of writing: Writing evolves
1436	Johannes Gutenberg invents the first true printing press.		The technology of writing: Printing
1455	The first fully printed Bible was produced by Gutenberg (The Gutenberg Bible).		The technology of writing: Printing
1476	Printing Presses were in use in England.		The technology of writing: Printing
1625	The start of Charles I's reign.		The Civil War: Context
1640	The Start of the Civil War.		The Civil War: Introduction
1642-1646	The First Civil War.		The Civil War: Context
1646		Ludlow and its castle were besieged by a Parliamentary force.	The Civil War: Mysteries and evidence
1648	The Second Civil War		The Civil War: Context
1648		Royalist plot to overthrow the Parliamentary force in Ludlow castle.	The Civil War: Mysteries and evidence
30th January 1649	Charles I was executed		The Civil War: Context
May 1649	The commonwealth was established and Oliver Cromwell became political leader.		The Civil War: Context
10th July 1649	Oliver Cromwell left from London for Milford Haven in South Wales.		The Civil War: Mysteries and evidence
16th July 1649		Cromwell Letter, asking that James Smith be permitted safe passage from Chester to Bristol.	The Civil War: Cromwell's letter
1649-1651	The Third Civil War		The Civil War: Context
1660	The end of the Civil War and the return of Charles 11 on the 29 May (Oak Apple Day).		The Civil War: Context
Mid 1880's	The first pens with reservoirs of ink were invented.		The technology of writing: Writing implements
Mid 1850's	The discovery of aniline which help to develop new inks. "Stephens" ink was started in this period, one of the main commercial inks.		The technology of writing: Writing implements
1923-1924		Archaeological excavations of Wroxeter.	Wroxeter writing: Introduction
1924		Inscription discovered by Donald Atkinson.	Wroxeter writing: Introduction
1943	The ball point pen invented by two brothers called Lazlo and Georg Biro.		The technology of writing: Writing implements
1949	A cheaper and robust version of the ball point was developed by Marcel Bich.		The technology of writing: Writing implements
Mid 1900's	Typewriters develop which allowed a crude form of editing.		The technology of writing: The machine age
1950's	Computers lead people to believe it was possible to save data to the computer memory and recall it at a later date.		The technology of writing: The machine age
1960's	The truly disposable pen arrived.		The technology of writing: Writing implements
1960's	The first commercial word-processors came on the market.		'The technology of writing: The machine age'
Modern day	In Text messaging and emails people use images to express words, which is a step back to the beginning of writing.		'The technology of writing: The machine age'

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