• 30,000 BCE

    Cave paintings

    Cave paintings
    30,000 BCE: Cave paintings, the earliest known form of visual communication.
  • 3500 BCE

    Invention of hieroglyphic

    Invention of hieroglyphic
    3500 BCE: Invention of hieroglyphic writing in Ancient Egypt.
  • 3000 BCE

    Emergence of cuneiform

    Emergence of cuneiform
    3,000 BCE: Emergence of cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia.
  • 400 BCE

    First mail systems

     First mail systems
    4th century BCE: First mail systems appear in Persia.
  • 1500

    the movable-type printing press

    the movable-type printing press
    15th century: Johannes Gutenberg invents the movable-type printing press.
  • Morse code

    Morse code
    1837: Samuel Morse invents the telegraph and develops Morse code.
  • the telephone.

     the telephone.
    1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
  • first mobile phone

     first mobile phone
    1973: The first mobile phone is developed.
  • Advances in artificial intelligence

    Advances in artificial intelligence
    2020s: Advances in artificial intelligence and communication technologies transform how we communicate