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Transport

Transport across history

Put your best
hoof forward
KAZAKHSTAN 3500 BCE
The date when horses
were first domesticated is
much disputed, but 3500
BCE in the Botai culture
of ancient Kazakhstan is
a likely candidate due to
the discovery of pottery
containing mares’ milk and
This early depiction of a wheeled horse bones. Horses became
cart dates back to 2500 BCE
A WHEELY BIG DEAL of transportation for much
one of the most vital modes
MESOPOTAMIA 3500 BCE of mankind’s history and
a major aspect of warfare,
It is hard to think of any advance in technology or transport without being used to pull a variety
of vehicles from Ancient
the initial invention of the wheel. Among the most important invention
Greek chariots to Victorian
of all time, there is much debate over where it originated. The earliest carriages. Although horse
known use of the wheel was in Mesopotamia, but these wheels weren’t warfare was phased out
used for transportation, but for pottery wheels. It took about 300 years after WWI, horses are
before they were used in chariots. The wheel was relatively late to be still used today in less
developed areas for farm
invented, having been beaten by sewing needles, boats and flutes. The last horse-drawn tram in
work and transport.
London was retired in 1915
Transport timeline O Pedalling Wait for the light A Zeppelin in Lakehurst, Airships rise
forward
The German
The first traffic lights
The first are installed outside New Jersey general Ferdinand
The first boat Da Vinci’s high example of the Houses of von Zeppelin
The Pesse canoe, the hopes the modern Parliament. Despite designs and
world’s oldest boat, Leonardo da Vinci bicycle, the proving successful launches the
is constructed. It is a theorises about human dandy horse, is at controlling first successful
dugout-style canoe flight, producing invented by the traffic, they airship, his name
made from a single log. hundreds of drawings German Baron explode and kill a will become
7200 BCE and plans for flying Karl Von Drais. policeman. synonymous with
machines. 1817 10 December 1868 all airships.
1488 A design for one of Da 1900
Vinci’s flying machines
7200 BCE 0 1000 1400 1700 1800 1900
O Water water O Moving in the O A lot of hot air O Blast off O The car is born
everywhere right direction The Montgolfier The Rainhill Trials Widely regarded
The first Roman Previously used brothers launch are won by Robert as the first
aqueduct, the Aqua as a device for the first hot-air Stevenson’s Rocket. automobile, Karl
Appia, is completed. It divination, the balloon into the The train goes Benz designs a
transports water over compass is first sky in a public on to provide the vehicle propelled
16.4km (10mi). used in Song demonstration at basic template for by an internal
312 BCE Dynasty China Annonay, France. all following steam combustion engine.
to navigate. 5 June 1783 The Montgolfiers’ hot- engine trains. Stephenson’s Rocket at the 1886
1040 air balloon October 1829 London Science Museum

The Romans pave Around the world
the way in three years and
ITALY 312 BCE one month
One of the earliest examples of paved SPAIN 6 SEPTEMBER 1522
roads that still exists today is the Appian
The Magellan-Elcano
Way. Built by the Romans to connect
circumnavigation was the first voyage
Rome to Brindisi in southeast Italy
to travel around the Earth. Starting
in 312 BCE, it was dubbed ‘queen of
from Seville in 1519, the expedition
the long roads.’ The Appian Way and
was headed by Ferdinand Magellan
roads like it were originally used solely
and was actually looking for a path
for transporting military supplies and
between the Far East to the Americas.
troops. Roman roads expanded over
Although Magellan died on the
most of Italy, with the master road
historic journey, his crew and the ship
beginning at Rome, hence the phrase
Victoria returned to Spain and set a
‘All roads lead to Rome.’ By the end of
Roman roads were named after the empire there were over 400,000 record that sailors worldwide were
the officer who arranged their kilometres (248,548 miles) of roads. A replica of the exploration ship Victoria eager to challenge.
construction was completed in 2011
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