History of Transportation (运输的发展史) Prehistoric Times (史前时代) Ancient Greece and Rome (古希腊及罗马) The Middle Ages (中世纪时期) The Age of Overseas Expansion (海外扩张时期) Development of Inland Transport (内陆运输的发展) The Mississippi River (密西西比河) Road (公路) Turnpike (收费公路) The Steam Age (蒸气时代) Steam Engine (蒸气机) History of Railroad (铁路发展史) Developments In The United States (美国铁路的发展) The First Transcontinental Rail Lines (第一条横贯美洲大陆的铁路) Sleeping Car (卧车) U.S. Steel: Carnegie & Morgan (美国钢铁大王:摩根与卡内基) The 1920’s and The Great Depression (1920 年代以及经济大萧条) Amtrak (美国国家铁路客运公司) The Beginnings of Modern Transportation (现代交通的源起) Airplane (飞机) First Human Flights (人类的第一次飞行) The Wright Brothers (莱特兄弟)
Principles of Flight (飞行的原理) Creating Lift (创造上升力) Drag and Thrust (拖曳力与推进力) Airship (飞船) The Hindenburg (兴登堡号事件) Automobile (汽车)
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COMMUNICATION(传播) (传播)
The Development of Communications Systems (传播的发展) Writing (文字的历史) Pictograms (图像文字) Cuneiform (楔形文字) Syllabic Writing System (音节书写系统的出现) Hieroglyphics (Holy + Carving) (象形文字) Rosetta Stone (解开埃及象形文字之谜:罗塞塔石) Ideography (表意文字) Logography (词符文字) Bone and Shell Script (甲骨文) Rebus (画谜) Alphabet (字母表) Manuscript (手写稿) Papyrus (纸莎草纸) Wax Tablets (蜡板) Parchment (羊皮纸) Book of Hours (每日礼赞) Paper Manuscripts (纸本手稿) Tsai Lun (蔡伦造纸)