![]() ![]() ![]() Mid 18th Century Many more turnpike roads are createdġ761 The Bridgwater Canal opens. In towns the wealthy are carried by sedan chairs. Their name comes from an old word for a gate, pike. Turnpikes are privately owned and maintained but you have to pay to use them. Goods are also transported around the coast of Britain by ship.ġ635 Charles I allows the public to pay his messengers to carry letters. However, on land roads are just dirt tracks.ġ600 Goods are transported by pack horse. Roman merchant ships carry up to 1,000 tons of cargo. 4,000 BC-3,000 BC Horses are domesticatedģ,100 BC The sailing boat is invented in Egyptģ,000 BC-2,000 BC Camels are domesticatedĬ 2,700 BC The Egyptians begin using wooden ships for trade by seaĪ vast network of roads exists across the Roman Empire. ![]()
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