Aqueduct: the whole path

  1. 1
    Tools & MakingI

    Stone Tools

    The first cutting edge

    3.3 Mya

  2. 2
  3. 3
    Fire & ShelterI

    Rope & Cordage

    Twisted fibres that hold the world

    50,000 years ago

  4. 4
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    18,000 years ago

    needs 2

  5. 5
    Building & CitiesII

    Lime and lime mortar

    Burnt stone that turns back to stone

    10,000 years ago

    needs 1, 2

  6. 6
    Building & CitiesII

    Bricks

    Standard blocks of earth

    c. 7,500 BCE

  7. 7
    Agriculture & LivestockII

    Irrigation

    Leading water to the crops

    c. 6,000 BCE

    needs 1, 3

  8. 8
    Building & CitiesII

    Arch and Vault

    Stones that hold each other up

    c. 3,500 BCE

    needs 1, 6

  9. 9
  10. 10
    Building & CitiesIII

    Aqueduct

    Water carried by gravity alone

    c. 690 BCE

    Goal · needs 5, 6, 7, 8, 9


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