First paved roads built in cities of Ur and Babylon
The oldest constructed roads discovered to date are in former Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq.
Transportation
Humans of the Hemudu Culture in ancient China invent rowing oars
Wooden oars, with canoe-shaped pottery, dating from 5000-4500 B.C.E. have been discovered in a Hemudu culture site at Yuyao, Zhejiang, in modern China.
Humans invent the canoe
Constructed between 8200 and 7600 B.C.E., and found in the Netherlands, the Pesse canoe may be the oldest known canoe.