Change in Transportation over Time
2010
COURSE NAME: CHY4U
TEACHER: MR KING NAME: FAITH JOHN PRAISE
SUBMISSION DATE: OCTOBER 19TH 2010
HISTORY ISU- TRANSPORTATION OVER TIME
Transportation can be defined as the movement of goods or people from one place to another , transportation has been in existence for more than thousands of years , the change in transportation over these years is a fact that cannot be overlooked neither can it be overemphasized, every detail in the creation or making of the first modes of movement has an immense connection to how movement is possible today and this paper will show how transportation began in the first place, the very first wheel to be created in 3500BC (Herbst), the first river boat that was used and created also in 3500BC (Mitchell), the domestication of horses in 2000BC,the first practical steam boat in1783 (Mitchell), the first airplane although it was created by the Wright Brothers on the seventeenth of December nineteen- zero- three (Mitchell), it is said in History that Leonardo Da’ Vinci had a dream of flight which he expressed in most of his paintings, although he could not construct them he had it in his visions (Mitchell). Transportation has been an important issue in this world, and it has been in existence for more than a thousand years, and this is why a look is taken at what modes of transportation were used between those days and now. It is clear that the cars used today are not the same things that were used at 2500BC, the forms of transport used in those days include horses, ships, and carriages and as time went on the use of cars came into play. The use of various forms of transport which were used in different years are to be described in details, why and when horses were used, why and when ships were used and the period of time when cars were brought into existence.
The various modes of transportation namely; Land transportation, Water transportation and Air transportation are the main points to be
COURSE NAME: CHY4U
TEACHER: MR KING NAME: FAITH JOHN PRAISE
SUBMISSION DATE: OCTOBER 19TH 2010
HISTORY ISU- TRANSPORTATION OVER TIME
Transportation can be defined as the movement of goods or people from one place to another , transportation has been in existence for more than thousands of years , the change in transportation over these years is a fact that cannot be overlooked neither can it be overemphasized, every detail in the creation or making of the first modes of movement has an immense connection to how movement is possible today and this paper will show how transportation began in the first place, the very first wheel to be created in 3500BC (Herbst), the first river boat that was used and created also in 3500BC (Mitchell), the domestication of horses in 2000BC,the first practical steam boat in1783 (Mitchell), the first airplane although it was created by the Wright Brothers on the seventeenth of December nineteen- zero- three (Mitchell), it is said in History that Leonardo Da’ Vinci had a dream of flight which he expressed in most of his paintings, although he could not construct them he had it in his visions (Mitchell). Transportation has been an important issue in this world, and it has been in existence for more than a thousand years, and this is why a look is taken at what modes of transportation were used between those days and now. It is clear that the cars used today are not the same things that were used at 2500BC, the forms of transport used in those days include horses, ships, and carriages and as time went on the use of cars came into play. The use of various forms of transport which were used in different years are to be described in details, why and when horses were used, why and when ships were used and the period of time when cars were brought into existence.
The various modes of transportation namely; Land transportation, Water transportation and Air transportation are the main points to be
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