Canal lock: 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

    46,000 years ago

  4. 4
    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    20,000 years ago

    needs 2

  5. 5
    Building & CitiesII

    Lime and lime mortar

    Burnt stone that turns back to stone

    12,000 years ago

    needs 1, 2

  6. 6
    Building & CitiesII

    Bricks

    Standard blocks of earth

    c. 7,500 BCE

  7. 7
    Textiles & Everyday LifeII

    Weaving

    Threads crossed into cloth

    c. 6,700 BCE

    needs 3

  8. 8
    Agriculture & LivestockII

    Irrigation

    Leading water to the crops

    c. 6,000 BCE

    needs 1, 3

  9. 9
    Ships & NavigationII

    Sail

    Catching the wind to move a boat

    c. 5,000 BCE

    needs 3, 7

  10. 10
  11. 11
    Ships & NavigationIII

    Canal lock

    A water staircase for boats

    984

    Goal · needs 5, 6, 8, 9, 10


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