Date:
0 - 0 - 6,000 BCE
 
Category:
Transportation
 
Location:
Mid-East  
 
Event:
The earliest known use of ships comes from Egyptian rock drawing dating from 6,000 BCE. These depict crescent-shaped reed boats that had no keels, the shape being held by a cable running from bow to stern. At first they were rowed, but later square sails were added (circa -3,000 BCE) that would move them when the wind was from the stern.
 

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