Transportation is an important element in the human lifestyle. The evolution of transportation has been a long process going hand in hand with the mankind evolution. Therefore, to be aware not only of the common vocabulary, but also of background information over transportation would be useful for English learners who have to deal with the topic. Consequently, to match historical dates about inventions with vocabulary would help learners to better acquire the target subject.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Background

The first humans’ attempts of inventing means of transportation started in Mesopotamia or Asia six thousand years ago. Before this period, the transportation consisted of walking and swimming to move from one place to another.  Then, those beings learned to use animals and wheels to transport themselves and their goods. Later, to reach longer distances transports evolved to present with better and more efficient mechanisms. Indeed, during the Industrial Revolution almmost all the transportation means were optimized due to the advances in technology.