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Development of Civilization
Humans were nomadic population and moved around
for food
Over the centuries, they learned to form small groups
and hunt
While hunting they discovered fish in water
As a matter of fact, almost all animals can swim without
training
It appears that Humans had lost swimming skill during
evolution
Humans needed a method to float on water to catch fish
or to cross waterways
Captain Vijay M. Damley
Heracles sails to Lite Garden of the Hesperides in a pot boat. From an Athenian vase in the Vatican Museum,
about 480 BC.
Assyrian soldiers in a boat shaped raft of bundles of reeds hunt down enemies in the marshes at the
mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates. Relief from the palace of Sennacherib (704-681 BC) at Nineveh,
now in the British Museum.
Two Assyrian soldiers buoyed by inflated skins swim to the safety of a fortress; they were evidently in a hurry to blow up the skins, for they
still have the mouthpieces between their lips. Relief from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) al Nimrud, now in the British Museum.
Assyrians transporting stone on a raft buoyed by inflated skins. Drawn from a relief in
the palace of Sennacherib (704-681 BC).
Dugout of oak, 46 feet (c. 14 m) long, found near Ferrara. National wretched affairs and many get
lost; for they have no iron fastenings and are Archaeological Museum, Ferrara, only stitched together
with twine made from the husk of the Indian nut.
4th-5th century AD.
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A massive Egyptian barge loaded with two obelisks quarried at Aswan near
the First Cataract being towed downstream to Karnak. Note the elaborate rope
truss that keeps the ends from sagging and the three lines of deck beams to
provide the strength to support the ponderous load. The lines marked a, b, c
are tow-lines leading to the flotilla of galleys that did the pulling. Drawn from a
relief on the tomb of Hatshepsut at Deir- el-Bahri. About 1500 BC.
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Egyptian raft of bundles of reeds fitted with pole mast and square sail, depicted
on a Pre-dynastic vase in the British Museum. About 3500 BC.
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