Is there a website that shows the various technological advances throughtout history and its impact to civilization?
Would it be safe to say that the printing press had the greatest impact to civilization?
Plow might be the answer.
This is tough, because it is almost IMHO and was likely covered here before. I always vote plow.
PBS, Discover Mag, History Chanell and similar ‘authorities’ have done pieces. Search their sites.
Plow is a common answer.
I saw a BBC “Horizon” program that argued that the reason that Western Europe progressed (v. arguably) faster than every other region was the invention of the lens & the clock. I can’t remember the precise reasons - but they included Astronomy (and the seasons), the problem of Longitude and a few others.