Transportation History Time Line Assignment Summative

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  • People begin walking as the ONLY transportation available.
    5000 BCE

    People begin walking as the ONLY transportation available.

  • People domesticated animals to ride.
    4000 BCE

    People domesticated animals to ride.

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  • Period: 4000 BCE to

    Transportation History Time Line Assignment

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  • The wheel was invented.
    3000 BCE

    The wheel was invented.

    People also started to used boats as water travel, later on after the wheel was invented.
  • Ships were beginning to be used.
    2700 BCE

    Ships were beginning to be used.

    The Egyptians begin using wooden ships for trade by sea. Goods were also transported around the coast of Britain by ship.
  • The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon are invented.

    The hot air balloon and the hydrogen balloon are invented.

    Two men fly across the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon. Also the first purpose built lifeboat is built in South Shields, England.
  • Steamships

    Steamships

    The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Steamships begin crossing the English Channel
  • the first passenger railway opens

    the first passenger railway opens

    This was during the great age of railway building. A network is built across Europe, railways were a very useful way of transportation during this time.
  • The car is invented.

    The car is invented.

    Karl Benz technically built the first car but some people think it was Henry Ford. But many suggest that Karl Benz created the first true automobile in 1885/1886.
  • The first electric underground trains run.

    The first electric underground trains run.

    Electric trams begin running in many towns during this time.
  • planes were invented.

    planes were invented.

    On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.
  • Cars (present day)

    Cars (present day)

    Cars now have evolved from when they were first invented they now are the main transportation that people have and now now updated and have latest technology.