page_title: Timeline of transportation technology
section_title: Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of transportation technology / Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Rudolf von Ems: Weltchronik. Böhmen (Prag), 3. Viertel 14. Jahrhundert. Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Fulda, Aa 88. Bildbeschreibung nach Martin Roland. Miniatur 32 75v Jakobs Reise nach Ägypten
context_page_description: This is a timeline of transportation technology and technological developments in the culture of transportation.
context_section_description: 5th Century – Horse collar invented in China.
  6th Century - Evidence of a horseshoe in the tomb of the Frankish King Childeric I, Tournai, Belgium.
  800 – The streets of Baghdad are paved with tar.
  9th century - The sine quadrant, was invented by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in the 9th century at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. The other types were the universal quadrant, the horary quadrant and the astrolabe quadrant.
  10th Century – sea-going Junk (ship) ships built in China.
  Late 10th century – Kamal invented in Arab world.
  1044 – Compass invented in China.
  13th century (or before) – Rocket invented in China.
  1350 – Compass dial invented by Ibn al-Shatir.
  1479-1519 - Da Vinci sketches pedalo.
  1495-1504 - The oldest extant cable railway is probably the Reisszug, a private line providing goods access to Hohensalzburg Fortress at Salzburg in Austria. This line is generally described as the oldest funicular.
  15th century – Jan Žižka built the precursor to the motorised tank, armoured wagons equipped with cannons.
  1569 - Mercator 1569 world map published.
  Late 16th century – European sailing ships become advanced enough to reliably cross oceans.
caption: Horse collars and cart between 1350 and 1375
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