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8000 BCE
First boat made out of logs
Archaeological data states that the oldest boat in the world dates back to 8200-7600 BC. It is called the Pesse canoe and was discovered in the Netherlands
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2997 BCE
crazy ride
A team of scientists reports that humans may have ridden horses as early as 3000 B.C., some 1000 years before the earliest known artistic representation of a human astride horse
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-started-riding-horses-5-000-years-ago-new-evidence-suggests/#:~:text=Humans%20Started%20Riding%20Horses%205%2C000%20Years%20Ago%2C%20New%20Evidence%20Suggests,-Archaeologists%20have%20found&text=An%20Egyptian%20graffito%20of%20goddess,when%20compared%20to%20modern%20horse -
Period: 1501 to
First ever carriage
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The hobby horse
A German baron named Karl von Drais made the first major two-wheeled (Bicycle) contraption in 1817. Known by many names, including the “velocipede,” “hobby-horse,” “draisine,” and “running machine.”
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Little locomotive
On September 27, 1825, Locomotion No. 1 became the world's first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, in North East England. Locomotion No. 1 was built by George Stephenson at his son Robert's company, the Robert Stephenson and Company. -
First automobile ever created
The first automobile ever created was the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1886, designed by Carl Benz in his 1886 patent.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a33323170/benz-patent-motorwagen-drive/ -
The Wright brothers
The Wright Flyer was the product of a sophisticated four-year program of research and development conducted by Wilbur and Orville Wright beginning in 1899. -
Death from above
In early 1939, Igor began working on the helicopter prototype VS-300 for the military. The first tethered flight of the VS-300 was on September 14, 1939, and the first untethered flight on May 13, 1940. https://warhawkairmuseum.org/blog/the-u-s-militarys-first-combat-helicopter-and-the-start-of-a-revolution/ -
The Russians
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space.
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New form of travel
In 2055, teleportation will be the main form of travel and will be introduced.