The Changing Face of TransportationHiHumans have always been searching for quicker and easier ways to getaround. About 10, 000 years ago, we built canoes made from logs ofwood, while on land we domesticated and started riding horses around4, 000 BC. Roughly 500 years later, we invented the wheel, which led tocarts and wagons, and at almost the same time, the Egyptians inventedthe saling boat.Up until the 18th century most people travelled by sailing boat, horse orstagecoach, but in 1769, there was a major breakthrough when theScottish Inventor James Watt invented the steam engine. In 1783, theFrench inventor Claude de Jouffroy used this technology to build thefirst steamboat, and in 1804 the Englishman Richard Trevithickconstructed the first steam-powered train. Railways helped carry coalaround Britain and were an important part of the industrial Revolution.Another major breakthrough came when Kari Benz built the first workingcar in 1885. Then, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright bullt the firstaeroplane. These two inventions shaped the 20th century. Over time, cars and plane travel became cheaper so that by the 70s a lot offamilies owned a car and many were holldaying abroad. Also, the 20thcentury say the first man in space - Yun Gagarin in 1961 - and theworld was watching when Nel Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969.Nowadays, companies are developing self-driving cars and we will soonbe able to take trips into space. The tascinating story of transportationcontinues and who knows how we'll be getneg around in the future.1 The first means of transportpeople built were2 The invention of the wheelallowed us to make3 The Industrial Revolutionrelied on the invention of4 Throughout the 20th centurytravel by car and plane5 in the future, people will beable to travel​​