Honing Pigeons Part of Past Communications

During ancient times honing pigeons were the fastest way to send messages. Julius Caesar used honing pigeons to carry his important messages from one place to another. These pigeons were also used during both WWI and WWII for war communications. Follow the link below to read about how these pigeons played a huge part in past communication. They actually helped save the lives of the soldiers during these wars. Hope you enjoy this article. Thank you. Mary Ann Reday.



http://www.pigeoncenter.org/militarypigeons.html

Ancient Egyptian Communication

Ancient Egyptians used various symbols and hieroglyphics to communicate. They use symbols to tell about something so it would be easily recognized right away. Their first type of writing was made of rows of pictures called hieroglyphics which stood for a sound or a word.If you go to the below listed website you can see samples of both.
Thank you,
Maryann Reday
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002801/CommunicationMain.html

Morse Code

I found a website that talks a little bit about Morse Code. This code is a varied mix between dots and dashes with different lengths in signals and interval between signals. The most comonly known is S.O.S. which on the site it is 3 dots, 3 dashes, and 3 dots. This was mostly used in the early to mid 1800's, but some people are still familiar with it.
Here is the website:
http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecode/morsecodehistory.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J8YcQETyTw&feature=related
That youtube link just shows the alphabet in Morse code and you can also hear it.

Communication - Part 1: A Brief History

Here is a video I thought everyone might enjoy. It shows communications as far back as egyptian times and includes such things as the invention of the telephone. Hope you enjoy this video. Thank you, Mary Ann Reday.

Evolution of Communication, Past, Present and Future

Hi Everyone. We are going to be writing blogs about the past, present, and future evolution of communication. How did people communicate back before there were telephones and computers? It is hard to believe that communication existed without these things but it did. Did people write letters more, put messages in a bottle and throw them in the ocean or maybe did they just talk more than people do today? We will try to answer some of these questions first about the past. next the present, and last future evolution of communication. Our first posts will deal with facts about communication in the past, how it evolved, and how it affected society. Thank you. Have a great day.

Evolution of Communication

I want to thank Monica for using her expertise to help her team members to set up are first blogs.