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Roads and rails

Since the time of the Iron age roads have served a great purpose to travel quickly from place to place.Ancient Rome had many to increase the marching speed of troops and create trade.In the industrial revolution railways took over from canals allowing even swifter travel.They are used today as a in a similar way.Another example of this is the German railways in WW1 as the Germans railroad was designed to travel troops quickly to their destinations.They planned to transport troops from France up to Russia.

Travel

Sometimes a naturally created road will guide you created by things such as rivers or weather eroding a path.These may not be the most efficient route as man made routes usually are more practical.