The earliest known use of wind energy is the crusing ship; the earliest document of a ship underneath sail is that of a Nile boat dating to around 7,000 BCE. From prehistoric occasions, Egyptians probably used the ability of the annual flooding of the Nile to irrigate their lands, gradually studying to manage a lot of it through purposely built irrigation channels and “catch” basins. The ancient Sumerians in Mesopotamia used a posh system of canals and levees to divert water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for irrigation. The Neolithic Revolution caused an acceleration of technological innovation, and a consequent increase in social complexity.
The frequent thread across these fields is the role of technology in society throughout economic, political and cultural dynamics. Scholarly work in Technology in Society focuses on the social forces that form technological decisions and the choices that are open to society with respect to …
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