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TRANSPORTATION A MEASURE OF CIVILIZATION 1

Stages of Civilization: Direct Appropriation; Pastoral; Agricultural -- Manorial and Feudal Systems; Handicraft -- Merchant Guilds, Effect upon Trade, Domestic System, Government Control, Agriculture; Industrial -- Building of Canals, Smelting Iron, Invention of Steam Engine, Railways Developed. Some Historical Roads and their Influence: Early Highways -- Asiatic, Greek, Roman, Pre-Historic American.