Timeline of transportation technology

This is a timeline of transportation technology and technological developments in the culture of transportation. 20th millennium BC – rafts used on rivers. 7th millennium BC – Earliest known shoes. 6th millennium BC – Dugout canoes constructed. 4th millennium BC – The earliest vehicles may have been ox carts. 3500 BCE – Domestication of the horse and invention of the wheel in Ancient Near East Toys excavated from the Indus Valley Civilisation (3010–1500 BC) include small carts. 3000 BCE – Austronesians construct catamarans and outriggers. In the Mediterranean, galleys were developed about 3000 BC. 2nd millennium BC – Cart mentioned in literature, chariot and spoked wheel invented. 800 BC – Canal for transport constructed in Ancient China. 408 BC – Wheelbarrow referenced in Ancient Greece. 5th century – Horse collar invented in China. 6th century – Evidence of a horseshoe in the tomb of the Frankish King Childeric I, Tournai, Belgium. Late 7th century – First suspension bridge, Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan 800 – The streets of Baghdad are paved with tar. 9th century – The sine quadrant, was invented by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th century at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. The other types were the universal quadrant, the horary quadrant and the astrolabe quadrant. 10th century – sea-going junk ships built in China. Late 10th century – Kamal invented in Arab world. 1044 – Compass invented in China. 13th century (or before) – Rocket missiles used in China. Rocket powered passenger vehicles did not appear until 1939. 1350 – Compass dial invented by Ibn al-Shatir. 1479–1519 – Da Vinci sketches pedalo. 1495–1504 – The oldest extant cable railway is probably the Reisszug, a private line providing goods access to Hohensalzburg Fortress at Salzburg in Austria. This line is generally described as the oldest funicular. 15th century – Jan Žižka built the precursor to the motorised tank, armoured wagons equipped with cannons. 1569 – Mercator 1569 world map published. Late 16th century – European sailing ships become advanced enough to reliably cross oceans.