B. C. First written record of a shipwreck An unnamed Egyptian mariner wrote this record doesn't tell us his name, but he tells us that he is the only survivor out of a crew of 120 men. He also tells us his ship's dimensions were 180 feet long with a beam of 60 feet and that she was carrying a cargo of copper ore. 1500 B. C. Queen Hatshepsut sends ships into the Red Sea on trading voyages After a period of warfare and invasions, the powerful Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut began sending fleets of cargo vessels south to trade Egyptian tools and other finished goods along the coast of Africa. Ivory, gold, incense, exotic woods, and other raw materials made the return voyage in Hatshepsut's ships, making Egypt one of the world's first great commercial powers. Developed just prior to the Greek - Persian Wars, the new vessel type was rapidly adopted by all Mediterranean seafaring peoples.
Ancient coins bearing pictures of ships are amongst the most popular with collectors today.
Roman roads made it possible for people and goods to move easily between the provinces of the growing empire. The Via Appia was so well engineered and built that parts of it still serve the modern people of the region. The Julian calendar, named for Julius Caesar, was introduced by him for use in by the Roman people and Senate while he was Dictator. The earlier Roman calendar which the Julian Calendar replaced was based on 12 equal lunar months, each of which corresponded to a complete lunar cycle or orbit of the moon around the Earth. Many societies, both ancient and modern, have used a lunar calendar and some modern nations still reckon time this way.