In this class, we will explore the ways that technology and civilization have interacted and influenced each other. Course material will cover technology and innovation from the earliest times of tool use up to the present age. (Week) 1. Grading, Textbook, Class goals Discussion and decision: What is tool? What is technology? Stone Age Technology 2. Stone Age Technology 3. Hydraulic Civilizations(4000-1500BCE) 4. Hydraulic Civilizations(4000-1500BCE) 5. Iron, Horses and Empires(1500BCE-500CE) 6. Post Classical and Medieval Revolutions(500-1400) 7. Post Classical and Medieval Revolutions(500-1400) Midterm Test 8. Global Interactions(1300-1800) 9. Global Interactions(1300-1800) 10. First Industrial Revolution(1750-1869) 11. First Industrial Revolution(1750-1869) 12. Acceleration of Change(1869-1939) 13. Acceleration of Change(1869-1939) 14. Post Industrial World(1939-2007) 15. Post Industrial World(1939-2007) Final Test 16. In Office Consultation