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8000 BCE
The Boat
Boats where first invented in Egypt to help cross the Nile. this helped for transportation and trade. It was later developed for warfare.(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/ship-and-shipping/277034) -
Period: 8000 BCE to
Transportation Timeline
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3500 BCE
The Wheel
The wheel was first invented around 3500 BC. It was created in Iraq. It started as very complicated and heavy and was later refined and hollowed out.(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/wheel/277721) -
3000 BCE
The Chariot
About 500 years later the chariot was invented. It was used for racing and warfare. It became most popular around Bronze/Iron ages(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/why-the-two-wheel-chariot-was-so-effective-in/) -
The Train
The first trains where found in Great Britain in 1804. It runs like a furnace with coal or wood or anything that burns. they where first found in America around 200 years ago.(https://explore.proquest.com/sirsdiscoverer/document/3077414242?searchid=1748459850&accountid=3541) -
The motorcycle
In 1884 Edward Butler who was from England decided to put a motor on a bike and see what happened a similar experiment happened a year later in Germany and that became known as the motorcycle(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/motorcycle/275952) -
The Automobile
It was designed at the end of the 19th century by Henry Ford who later perfected the assembly line. Although most people think that it was made just by Henry Ford but many people contributed to it.(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/automobile/273028) -
The Electric Car
The electric car is a vehicle that uses batteries instead of gasoline. This means it helps the environment more, though still doesn't fully help the environment(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/electric-automobile/311131) -
The Commercial Motor Bus
Most likely buses are used the most out of any other vehicle. The bus is a commercial commuting vehicle used typically in cities and is also used for people to get to school(school buses)(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/bus/273202) -
The Plane
Most people know that Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first working plane that could fly. Most people don't know is that Hot air balloons came first(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/airplane/272759) -
The Space Shuttle
The space shuttle was a rocket with parts that could be reused back in space and always come back down. It was a spaceship designed for orbiting earth and it could glide back down(https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/space-shuttle/544800)