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A history of communication
The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of life. Communication can range from very subtle processes of exchange, to full conversations and mass communication. Human communication was revolutionized with speech perhaps 200,000 years ago. Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago, and writing about 7,000. On a much shorter scale, there have been major developments in the field of telecommunication in the past few centuries.
Communication technologies were very important in the development of all the great ancient societies.: *Around 2900 BC, paper and hieroglyphics transformed Egyptian life. *The ancient Greeks loved the spoken word. They were very good at public speaking, drama, and philosophy *The Romans developed a unique system of government that depended on the Roman alphabet *•In the 14th century, the printing press helped develop new ways of thinking across europe
