Trade and Transportation

By BenAndBradenW
  • 3400 BCE

    Sailing Ships

    The first sailing ships were used along the Nile in Ancient Egypt
  • 3200 BCE

    The Wheel

    The first wheels were used for pottery in Mesopotamia in 3500 BC, 300 years later they were developed for Chariot.

  • Steam Engine

    Thomas Newcomen designed the first piston and cylinder steam engine that remained popular until the early 20th Century

  • Gasoline Power Engine

    the first successful gasoline powered engine was developed by a Frenchman named J.J. Etienne Lenoir

  • Commercial use of internet

    The ability for everyone with access to research and access the transportation of ideas