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feb 20, 150 BC - SMOKE SIGNAL

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The earliest form of long distance communication. Greek historian, Polybius, developed a system of alphabetical smoke signals by holding sets of torches in pairs.

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feb 20, 150 BC
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~ 2178 years ago