Traffic Management p.6-7

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Ox

2. Reindeer – These were first domesticated in Siberia in the beginning of the


Christian era. In the Altai Mountains, they were ridden with saddles. Elsewhere,
they draw sledges somewhat like the dog sledges of the Far North.

3. Dog – The dog, the first animal domesticated, is too slight to carry heavy loads.
The plain Indians sometimes packed light loads on dog’s backs, and piled goods
on a travois which the dogs dragged. In the Far North, the dogs team drawing
sledges are the chief means of transportation; and in parts of Europe, the dogs
are used to draw small carts.

4. Donkey – the donkey or ass, first domesticated in the Middle East. Early dogs
came to use as a back animal before the domestication of the camel. Donkey
caravans carry goods between the cities of Southwest Asia and Egypt and the
donkey is still the chief beast of burden among the farmers of the Near East, the
Mediterranean Area and Mexico, where it was introduced from Spain.

5. Llama – In pre-Columbian America, the Llama was the only new world animal
other than the dog capable of domestication for use in transport. In the high
Andes, the Llama was used as a pack animal by the Incas and their Spanish
conquerors, as it’s by modern Andean people.

6. Elephant – The Carthaginians used African elephant in their war against Rome
but in recent centuries, these animals have not been tamed. In India, elephants
were formerly used in war and are still employed to some extent for ceremonial
processions and big game hunting. In Burma and Thailand, these huge animals
are widely used in the lumber industry.

7. Horse – Around 2,000 B.C., horse drawn chariots appeared in southwest Asia
and 1,000 years later, the Persians arrived with cavalry which gave mobility and
power to the German tribes who invaded Europe and to the Central Asian
conqueror Genghis Khan. In Europe, horses were used to draw wheeled vehicles
and for riding for some time until the introduction of mechanized vehicles.

8. Camel – There are two kinds of camel, the two-humped Bactrian camel of
Central Asia and the one-humped dromedary of Arabia have long been used for
transport. The Bactrian camel has plodded along the caravan routes between
China and Iran for at least 2,000 years. It is also used to draw card carts. The
dromedary, which has less endurance but it, is fleeter and special fast-paced
riding camel, is bred by the Arab nomads.
9. Yak – a long-haired type of cattle that lives at high altitudes on the Tibetan
plateau and in the neighboring Mountain Regions is ridden and used as a pack
animal at heights were horses and ordinary animal could not survive.

C. WIND POWER – Man realized the energy form the mass of moving air and learned
to utilize such powers to lift rather than to drag. This paved way to invention of air lifted
transportation vessels.

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