Timeline of transportation technology
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Timeline of transportation technology
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[edit] Antiquity
- 3500 BC - Wheeled carts are invented in Mesopotamia
- 3500 BC - River boats are invented
- 2000 BC - Ships are invented in ancient Egypt
- 2500 BC - Earliest paved roads built in Rakhigarhi (Indus Valley Civilization)
- 2400 BC - Shipyard built in Lothal (Indus Valley Civilization)
- 2000 BC - Horses are tamed and used for transport
- 2000 BC - Chariots built by Indo-Iranians
- 500 BC - Postal system developed in Achaemenid Empire (Persian Empire)
- 312 BC - One of the earliest paved roads, the Appian Way, is built; the Romans eventually built over 50,000 miles of paved Roman roads
- 200 BC - The first hot air balloon, the Kongming lantern, is invented in China