Energy Time Machine - Events in Energy History


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.