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Line 8: ==History== ~~Man~~Mankind has fought battles on the sea for more than 3,000 years.<ref name="RolfWarming">{{Cite journal\|last=Warming\|first=Rolf\|url=https://www.academia.edu/41911906\|title=An Introduction to Hand-to-Hand Combat at Sea: General Characteristics and Shipborne Technologies from c. 1210 BCE to 1600 CE\|journal=On War on Board: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Early Modern Maritime Violence and Warfare (Ed. Johan Rönnby)\|date=January 2019\|language=en}}</ref> Even in the interior of large landmasses, transportation before the advent of extensive [[rail transport\|railway]]s was largely dependent upon [[river]]s, [[canal]]s, and other [[navigable waterway]]s. The latter were crucial in the development of the modern world in the United Kingdom, America, the [[Low Countries]] and [[Germany\|northern Germany]], because they enabled the bulk movement of goods and [[raw material]], which supported the nascent [[Industrial Revolution]]. Prior to 1750, materials largely moved by river barge or sea vessels. Thus armies, with their exorbitant needs for food, ammunition and fodder, were tied to the river valleys throughout the ages.

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