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Ships are used to transport people, ideas, and goods over the water.
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Horses are being tamed for the purpose of transportation, not food.
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Wheels are used in a variety of ways, the most prominent usage is in transportation, though it is used in manufacturing as well.
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Chariots are used to quickly move people.
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The first sailboats are being made for long distance travel over water.
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During an ancient war, a man runs 26.2 miles to warn of an impeding attack. The marathon begins
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The steam engine revolutionizes the way we create and use power. This is the push towards vehicles we have needed.
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People begin to travel through the air. Movement becomes incredibly quick.
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This changed people's minds about movement of people. It proved that people could fly, and helped to spur us down the path of flight.
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Trains powered by steam engines and other means began to be used to move goods and people.
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Steamboats are paddle driven boats that can easily go against the flow of rivers. They require steam engines to operate.
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The first bicycles, while odd looking, were a step forward in the movement of people.
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The first traffic light ushered in an age of proper safety, helping to make this industry succeed.
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This railroad united the east and west of America in a way that was not achieved before. One could travel from each side of America in a single week.
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Karl Benz, a german engineer, creates the first engine powered land vehicles with four wheels, the car.
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The first motorcycles were substantially harder to create than cars, and as such were much rarer to see on the roads.
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This was crushed with a speed of 65.8 miles an hour by a frenchman. This began the race to see who could travel the fastest on all mediums.
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This was the first flight of a heavier than air object. Achieved by Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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First non-stop flight to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, with a speed of 958 miles an hour, in the X-1.
