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history of technology

history of the invention of tools and techniques
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Summary

history of technology is an aspect of history[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of aspect of history entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,573 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: history of science and technology[3]
  • Commons category: History of technology[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:History of technology[5]
  • Facet of: technology[6]
  • Partially coincident with: history of science and technology[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:History of technology[8], Template:History of technology sidebar[9]
  • Practiced by: historian of technology[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

history of technology has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Charles K. Kao Emile Berliner Étienne Lenoir George E. Smith history of aviation John Ambrose Fleming Lee de Forest Leone Montagnini Mar Hicks Thomas Haigh Willard Boyle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). history of technology. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/history-of-technology
MLA “history of technology.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 22 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/history-of-technology.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_history-of-technology_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{history of technology}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/history-of-technology}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-22}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 50.01
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Basisklassifikation: 50.01, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/59769921|Technikgeschichte (#59769921)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1786|Basisklassifikati"
  2. 15w ago · Arlo Barnes · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q2251428
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: technology history"
  3. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009575-dejiny-techniky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009575-dejiny-techniky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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