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The automobile was the single most important development in the history of transportation since the invention of the wheel. Automobiles increased personal mobility and permitted people to live at greater distances from their work, leading to the formation of suburbs.
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We also know that before written history began, there was extensive commerce by canoe and by log raft along ... At the dawn of the nineteenth century, humanity traveled little or no faster than it had in the Neolithic Age: the horse and the fast sailing packet were still the benchmarks of transportation celerity.
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Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timeline of transportation technology •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...
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A virtual museum of the history of transportation in the United States ... created by Liz Rickett ... WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...
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American History Museum Transportation Collections; Americans have always been a people on the move—on rails, roads, and waterways. Collections include road, rail, and maritime objects ... American History Museum Transportation Collections...
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Listed below are links to brief histories of four transportation industries representing the four major subcategories in the Transportation category of Ad*Access. The option to return to the Research Guide page is available at the bottom of each of the history pages.
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