Transport modes that move people or goods across open water, rivers, canals or coastal waterways using a vessel that displaces or planes across the water's surface, or in some cases travels beneath it. Belongs here: any mode of transport whose medium is water, from cargo and passenger shipping to ferries, hovercraft, hydrofoils and submarines. Does not belong here: transport that merely crosses water on a fixed structure, such as a bridge or tunnel, which is infrastructure rather than a mode.
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1. Wikipedia: Water transport (Maritime transport)
WikipediaMaritime transport, prehistoric originsQuote, Maritime transport, prehistoric origins
Maritime transport began in prehistory: around 4000 BCE, when people living in river-valley and coastal societies, such as in Mesopotamia, developed basic watercraft to move people, food and goods along waterways.
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