Thursday, March 22, 2012

Individual Assignment bibliography section 1



1.    Eras, t. (n.d.). Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved April 12, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution



2.  History of Transportation - YouTube . (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved March 15, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgAHOIofpI&feature=related



3.       History Presentation: Changes in Transport/Industrial Revolution - YouTube . (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. . Retrieved March 22, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCAHTvPE3Rs



4.       Index. (n.d.). ThinkQuest : Library. Retrieved March 22, 2012, from http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01249




5.       Transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 15, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport




Wednesday, March 21, 2012

History of transport




             Transportation is the way of moving or changing location from point A to point B. There are three types of means of transportation by air, road, and water. Roads were originally just dirt tracks but transportation by this way to developed the economic trade of the country internally instead of by sea.

                Back 1700s transport was still slow and uncomfortable and the types of transportation were simple and they used many type of transportation solutions like human and animal power to carry cargo, walking to other places or swimming. Human labor was even cheaper than using animals there were. However, also many type of animal power transportation like horses drawn carts, carriages, and camels in the Gulf region as well as dogs, bulls and donkeys, but the horses were the faster way of transport. Maritime transportused sail boats and wooden boats in rivers, canals and in the ocean to travel and for cargo goods.