Engines of Civilization: 300 Inventions That Shaped Human History - From Stone Age Tools to Artificial Intelligence

By Vishesh Pal

From fire to artificial intelligence - the 300 inventions that built human civilization, arranged chronologically across 10,000 years of history.

Humans have always invented their way out of problems. The wheel, the printing press, the steam engine, the microchip - each arrived at a moment when the world needed it most, and nothing was ever the same again. This book follows that thread from the very beginning, from the first stone tools of prehistoric man all the way to the algorithms reshaping our world today.

The inventions are arranged in the exact order they appeared in history, so the reader experiences the full sweep of human progress as a continuous story rather than a scattered collection of facts.

This book is suitable for history enthusiasts, students, and anyone who has ever wondered how the world around them came to be the way it is. Covering 300 inventions across 11 chapters, this book ensures that no milestone in human creativity goes unrecorded and the readers walk away with a clear, connected understanding of how the modern world was built, one invention at a time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H34BJV52
• ISBN13: 9798198862678
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"