Timeline, history of logistics
From the earliest times where our ancestors stored their food in caves to survive the cold, the wars that fueled innovation in transportation and mobility to artificial intelligence, the history of logistics is the sum of large and small events that have unfolded. along the centuries. Here we present some of the events that have stood out the most: 27th century BC: The Egyptians develop sophisticated materials transportation techniques and lifting equipment for the construction of pyramids. 3rd century BC: The Greeks create rowing boats making it possible to travel fast on the high seas. 6th century BC: The Phoenicians established maritime trade routes throughout the Mediterranean. 13th century AD The Hanseatic League was founded and was a powerful trading network that operated for hundreds of years, stretching from eastern England to the heart of Russia. (Some say that they are the beginnings of what we know today as the European Union) 11th and 12th centuries: trade in the ...