Work: From Plows to Robots (Timeline History)

What kinds of jobs did our earliest ancestors do? What jobs are only recent? Would a caveman have been a television journalist? We began having jobs to create food to eat, and then moved on to jobs creating pots and jewelry. By the mid-1700s BCE Babylon created laws and that created the job of lawyer, judge and record keeper. Soldiers vied for power, shipbuilders in Greece started building ships to use against their enemies. Following a timeline we watch as job after job was created to solve problems and meet needs in the growing societies. Astronomers, slaves, railroad workers, camel drivers, radiologists, miners and more ermerge on the scene as our cultures grow. What will the future bring? 32 pages Also in this series: Clothes: From Fur to Fair Trade, Homes: From Caves to Eco-Pods, Transportation: From Walking to High Speed Rail