Transport in the stone age -- The river valleys -- The taming of the horse -- The horse and the wheel -- The coming of the sail -- The galleys of Greece -- The galleys and wheat ships of Rome -- Roads of the Roman Empire -- The northern ship culture -- Caravan routes across Asia -- The story of the Hindu figures -- The ships of the Northmen -- The stirrup and the horse-collar -- The coming of the draught horse -- The age of the pack-horse -- The invention of the three-masted ship -- Ships that made history -- The coach and the horse-collar -- The roads of John Macadam -- Stage coach and steam carriage -- The iron horse -- The story of the steamship -- The great railway age -- Motor-car and aeroplane -- One world