3500 BCE
The wheel and wheeled vehicles
Wheeled carts appear in Mesopotamia and the steppe, transforming land transport. Source — Wikipedia:
Chronological Storyline (11 Milestones)
3500 BCE
Domestication of the horse
Steppe peoples domesticate the horse, revolutionising travel, trade and warfare. Source — Wikipedia:
486 BCE
China’s Grand Canal begun
China links its great rivers with the Grand Canal, the longest artificial waterway of the pre-modern world. Source — Wikipedia: )
312 BCE
Roman road network
Rome builds durable engineered roads that knit an empire together. Source — Wikipedia:
1000 CE
Chinese junk & sternpost rudder
Chinese junks with watertight bulkheads and the sternpost rudder advance ocean-going ships. Source — Wikipedia: )
1829 CE
Stephenson’s Rocket & railways
Robert Stephenson’s Rocket proves the steam locomotive, launching the railway age. Source — Wikipedia:
1886 CE
The automobile
Karl Benz patents the first practical petrol motorcar. Source — Wikipedia:
1903 CE
Powered flight (Wright Flyer)
The Wright brothers achieve the first sustained, controlled powered aeroplane flight. Source — Wikipedia:
1957 CE
Sputnik & orbital mechanics
The USSR’s Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite, opening the space age. Source — Wikipedia:
1964 CE
Shinkansen high-speed rail
Japan’s Tōkaidō Shinkansen launches modern high-speed rail. Source — Wikipedia:
1969 CE
Apollo 11 Moon landing
Apollo 11 lands humans on the Moon, the apex of orbital and trans-lunar transport. Source — Wikipedia: