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4000 BCE
Animals are first domesticated
People start domesticating animals like horses and donkeys to help assist with work and transporttion. This starts the process in which people are looking for more efficient forms of transportation. This is how people transported goods around for a long time. -
3500 BCE
The wheel was invented in Iraq
The first invention of the wheel inspired people to develop other forms of transportation. Many inventions later on revolve around the wheel. This invention led to many projects in the future, such as the stagecoach, car, and many other inventions. -
3100 BCE
First sailboat
This begins the point in which people start using water to get from one place to another. This invention inspired many future forms of water transportation in the future, and help assist those in the Byzantine, Muslim, and Roman empires to get across the Mediterranean. -
500 BCE
Romans first start building roads
This is the starting point in which people start building roads. The roads being built around Rome was to make it easier and faster for the armies to get from one city in Rome to another. This also leads to many future inventions, such as the highway. -
1 CE
Roads thrive, Huge merchant ships increase trade
Roads are created all over Rome and make it easier to move around the empire and huge merchant ships allow Rome to trade across the Mediterranean. -
First man-made canal
The Bridgwater Canal was opened. This allowed people to access other areas of the country which would have been more difficult. Furthermore, it inspired people to invent other forms of transportation with the use of water. This technology was also used in Rome, as they also made canals. -
Hot air balloon was invented
The first hot air balloon was invented in 1783. This is significant because it is one of the first successful forms of air travel. This also inspired many future forms of air travel, such as the airplane. This idea of flight can actually be traced back to the Muslim Empire. -
First locomotive
The first locomotive was invented in 1804. This made transportation safer and faster. Furthermore, the locomotive helped move large quantities of resources. The first locomotive also inspired self-propelled forms of transportation. The Romans invented most of the stuff required to make the steam engine, such as steam power, connecting rod mechanisms, and the piston. -
Pony Express
The Pony Express allowed the transportation and delivery of mail and packages between the Atlantic and the Pacific Coast. This can be traced back to how the Romans used the idea of mail to transport information around Rome. -
First car
It isn't certain when or who truly invented the car, but it was a major development in transportation. It allowed people to move across land without the use of animals and travel independently. This comes from inventions of the Romans, such as the key components, such as the piston.Finally, it inspired many people to make differing models such as Ford and Chevy. -
First airplane
The Wright Brothers were the first inventors to develop a fixed-winged aircraft to sustain people in flight. Inventors of the Muslim Empire were the first to try to make people fly -
First highway system
The first highway system allowed people to move easily from one part of America to the other. This allowed people to move their cars easier across the country. This included the building of toll roads, bridges, and tunnels to assist in the formation of the first interstate design. This idea originally came from the Romans, and how they built roads to get from one part of Rome to another. -
First spaceship
The first spaceship was invented in 1961. The first spaceship was named Vostok 1 and was piloted by a Russian. Many tools of navigating space were invented by the Muslim Empire, and how they invented the astrolabe -
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Future technology
There is a lot of new transportation technology that is still being developed. Self-driving cars are already being researched and developed. This is expected to come out some time within the next 30 years. Newer and faster trains are also being developed that will transport people and goods faster. Electric cars are being developed to make them more efficient as well. All of these inventions rely on ancient inventions like the piston, engine, and the road -
Citations
1.http://www.engagetechnology.com/timeline_of_transportation_technology 2.http://www.crystalinks.com/romeroads.html 3.http://www.localhistories.org/transporttime.html 4.http://howthingsfly.si.edu/ask-an-explainer/who-invented-first-spaceship-0 5.http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/11/27/five-future-transportation-technologies-that-will-actually-happen.html
