The Chinese of the Song Dynasty invent dry docks
A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.
Transportation
Initial construction of Grand Canal in China is completed
The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south. It was conceived as a unified means of communication for the Empire for the first time in the 7th century C.E. (Sui dynasty).
Early Scandinavians invent the longship
Originally invented and used by the Vikings for commerce, exploration, and warfare, many of the longship’s characteristics were adopted by other cultures.
Humans from the Andronovo culture of the central Eurasian steppe invent the chariot (~2,000 B.C.E. ???)
The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan from around 2000 B.C.E.
The Ancient Egyptians invent boat docks
The earliest known docks were those discovered in Wadi al-Jarf, an ancient Egyptian harbor dating from 2500 B.C.E. located on the Red Sea coast.
The wheel is invented in Mesopotamia, initially used for pottery
Evidence indicates they were created to serve as potter’s wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia, 300 years before someone figured out to use them for chariots.
The Sweet Track and Post Track causeways are built in Somerset Levels in modern-day England
The Sweet Track is a Neolithic timber walkway, located in the Somerset Levels, England. It was originally part of a network of tracks built to provide a dry path across the marshy ground.
The Egyptians and Phoenicians invent the sailboats
The Phoenicians and Egyptians sailed under cloth sails on single log and simple long narrow sailboats.
First paved roads built in cities of Ur and Babylon
The oldest constructed roads discovered to date are in former Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq.
Humans of the Hemudu Culture in ancient China invent rowing oars
Wooden oars, with canoe-shaped pottery, dating from 5000-4500 B.C.E. have been discovered in a Hemudu culture site at Yuyao, Zhejiang, in modern China.