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Yoked winged horses. Fifth to fourth century BCE. Terracotta. (Tarquinia, Etruria).
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The galloping horse. Latter Han Bronze. (Gansu Provincial Meseum, Lanzhou).
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Marcus Aurelius on his parade chariot. (Musei Capitolini,
Rome).
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The First Emperor’s light chariot. Bronze model about half life size, excavated near the emperor’s mausoleum.
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A traveling coach. Relief found in the wall of a church in
Carinthia, Austria.
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Bronze model of the First Emperor’s traveling carriage.
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Second century tomb relief in Gaul showing an ox cart.
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Clay model of an ox wagon. Latter Han, Yangzishan,
Chengdu, Sichuan.
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Tomb painting from Ostia showing a river boat being loaded with
grain to be shipped upstream to Rome.
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Clay model of a river boat for grain transportation, with a crew of
six. Burial item in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
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The Iron Gate gorge that impeded traffic on the Danube. When Trajan
invaded Dacia in 101, he cut a canal that made navigation safe.
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A spillway of the Lingqu, a canal built by
the First Emperor around 215 BCE. Still in use, it links the River Xiang
and River Lim thus connecting two drainage systems and creating a navigable
network covering central and southern China.
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