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Period: 2016 BCE to
Transportation
Transportation has change in many ways throughout the years. -
1800 BCE
Two wheeled carts.
The first road vehicles date back as far as 3000 B.C. These were two-wheeled carts -
engines
The Watt steam engine, invented in 1769, changed everything. And boats were among the first to take advantage of steam-generated power. -
auto mobile
In 1769, another Frenchman named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot attempted to adapt a steam engine technology to a road vehicle and the result was the invention of the first automobile. -
steam engine
In 1769, another Frenchman named Nicolas Joseph Cugnot attempted to adapt a steam engine. -
Four-wheeled horse drawn carriages
It wasn't until the end of the 12th century that four-wheeled horse drawn carriages were made. -
Stagecoaches
During the 18th century operation of licensed stagecoaches and omnibuses spread throughout Europe particularly in Paris and England . -
power flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright, pulled off the first official powered flight in 1903.] -
trains
Towards the second half of the 19th century the development of trains as a majority form of transportation . -
railroads
However, it was until after World War I, that car, buses, trucks came into use and exceeded the importance railroads services. -
satellite
The Soviet Union surprised much of the western world in 1957 with its successful launch of sputnik, the first satellite to reach outer space.
