Transport-the system of buses, train etc. you can use to travel from one place to another.
From the earliest times, men and women have needed to move themselves and their possessions from place to place. For very early man, the only answer was to travel by foot. Two important changes in transport were the taming of the horse, and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was probably first used around 4,000BC. Only when man had learned to make and use metal tools could a wheel be shaped. The Egyptians built ships that could use either oars or sails for trading with their neighbours. Ships changed greatly, especially between 1400 and 1500 (the 15th century) leading to great voyages of exploration. The Arabs first designed the three-masted style of ship in which Magellan (1519-22) and Drake (1577-80) would later sail around the world, and in which Columbus would reach America.…
