The Diolkos was a 6-to-8.5-kilometre-long paved trackway near Corinth in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. The shortcut allowed ancient vessels to avoid the long and dangerous circumnavigation of the Peloponnese peninsula [1100×2163]
by Fuckoff555
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> The main function of the Diolkos was the transfer of goods, although in times of war it also became a preferred means of speeding up naval campaigns. The 6-to-8.5-kilometre-long (3
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3⁄4 to 5
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1⁄4 mi) roadway was a rudimentary form of railway, and operated from c. 600 BC until the middle of the first century AD. The Diolkos combined the two principles of the railway and the overland transport of ships, on a scale that remained unique in antiquity.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos)
This is an over-interpretation.
They should get rid of the idea that “the Ottomans did it, we should do it before them.” Taking ships by land is not a form of transportation. It’s a rare thing you can do in difficult situations. It requires advanced technology and manpower.
Westerners admiration for ancient Greece is mind-boggling. The [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos) shows that they have lost their minds. Towing ships with ropes is not logical, I assure you. It would be more logical to unload the goods from the ship, carry them 8 kilometers by horse-drawn cart, and load them on another ship.