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The small size of many transport vessels available and the need to carry fodder and water on all but the shortest journeys restricted the number of horses that could be carried. Records from the 13th century show a range from 8 to 20 horses. [11] In 1303 ships transporting horses between Scotland and Ireland carried between 10 and 32 animals. [12]
A 13th-century depiction of a riding horse. Riding horses were used by a variety of people during the Middle Ages, and so varied greatly in quality, size and breeding. Knights and nobles kept riding horses in their war-trains, saving their warhorses for the battle. [12] The names of horses referred to a type of horse, rather than a breed. Many ...
10th century – sea-going junk ships built in China. Late 10th century – Kamal invented in Arab world. 1044 – Compass invented in China. 13th century (or before) – Rocket missiles used in China. Rocket powered passenger vehicles did not appear until 1939. 1350 – Compass dial invented by Ibn al-Shatir.
Transport infrastructure completed in the 11th century (1 C) Transport infrastructure completed in the 12th century (1 C, 3 P) Transport infrastructure completed in the 13th century (1 C, 4 P)
As a result of these processes, by the 15th century Georgia fractured and turned into an isolated enclave, largely cut off from Christian Europe and surrounded by hostile Islamic Turco-Iranic neighbors. For Georgia the Golden Age forms an important part of its status as a once-powerful and ancient nation that maintained relations with Greece ...
13th century in the Kingdom of Georgia. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. / 13th-century establishments in the Kingdom of Georgia (3 P)
The use of horses for transportation, either by horseback riding or by driving carriages and wagons on roads, was the primary form of transportation before the advent of automobiles in the late 19th century. [1] However, horses are still used for transport in many parts of the world, including places where certain sects such as the Amish reside ...
China's canal system, whose greatest accomplishment was the Sui dynasty's 1,794-kilometer (1,115 mi) 7th-century Grand Canal between Hangzhou and Beijing, was an essential aspect of its civilization, used for irrigation, flood control, taxation, commercial and military transport, and colonization of new lands from the Zhou dynasty until the end ...