> To believe that you must think that everything from irrigation techniques that allowed agriculture and formation of cities to improved forms of transportation

> To believe that you must think that everything from irrigation techniques that allowed agriculture and formation of cities to improved forms of transportation and communication that allowed cultures to meet did not have impact. In my experience, for many people the word "technology" is synonymous with "new technology". Extant technology is just part of the way the world works for them. The author probably wouldn't consider a screwdriver to be technology, for example.