Timeline of materials technology

Major innovations in materials technology == BC == 28,000 BC – People wear beads, bracelets, and pendants 14,500 BC – First pottery, made by the Jōmon people of Japan. 6th millennium BC – Copper metallurgy is invented and copper is used for ornamentation (see Pločnik article) 2nd millennium BC – Bronze is used for weapons and armor 16th century BC – The Hittites develop crude iron metallurgy 13th century BC – Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly 10th century BC – Glass production begins in ancient Near East 1st millennium BC – Pewter beginning to be used in China and Egypt 1000 BC – The Phoenicians introduce dyes made from the purple murex.

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