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What was the first highway like?

The paths laid by animals through forests and jungles, obviously, were the prototype of human roads. They were easier and safer to use than laying new ones among the thickets. The earliest roads purposefully built by man were trails leading to nearby streams, streams, or hunting grounds.

When man began to develop trade, roads became more important. Great trade routes sprang up across Europe and Asia to transport goods such as tobacco, silk, and precious stones. These were roads well trampled down from constant use.

Probably the very first stone-paved roads were built in Egypt around 3000 BC. when the great pyramids were erected. To transport huge blocks of stone for the construction of the pyramids, they built a smooth road of hewn stone 18 meters wide and 805 meters long. On the island of Crete around 1500 BC. e. short paved roads were built. It is believed that the Carthaginians created a network of paved roads by the beginning of 500 BC. e.

The Romans were great road builders in ancient times. Roman carts and wagons had fixed axles and could not turn. For this reason, Roman roads were stretched out in as straight lines as possible. In 600 years, the Romans built over 70 miles of paved roads that stretched across the empire.

The first and most famous paved road, the Appian Way (between Rome and Capua), began to be built in 312 BC. e. In America, some Indian peoples have reached a high degree of civilization. About a millennium ago, the Inca tribes in Peru built a paved road some 4000 meters long from Ecuador to central Chile. The roads of the Yucatán, built by the Maya, were straight, solidly made of stone and covered with cement mortar, which gave them a smart white look.

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