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A Salute to the Wheel (2009)
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoKinda west-centric? The earliest wheels were used in 3500BC Eurasia, particularly Slovenia. But sure, let's pretend it was invented in Greece, 3000 years later. Never mind the burial mounds that had vehicles in them in the Ukraine, the clay tablets of Uruk discussing wagons and transport of goods. History is all about western civilization, right? This may be a better discussion of the topic: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/archaeologists-have-long-sought-but-never-found-the-very-first-wheel https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/archaeologists...
- ewgoforth 3y agoSlovenia is actually west of Greece.
- cplusplusfellow 3y agoBeat me to it. If Slovenia is Eurasia, wouldn’t Greece also be?
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoWhen was the last time anybody considered Slovenia a 'Western' nation? Just asking.
- sneed_chucker 3y agoThe article claims the wheelbarrow was invented in Greece, not the wheel itself.
- error503 3y ago> The first wheels were not used for transportation. Historical veracity aside, I've heard this before and it just doesn't make sense for me why it's always presented as if this is the real invention of 'the wheel'. A 'pottery wheel' and a 'rolling wheel/axle' are separate inventions. There are some common mechanical elements, but the invention of the wheel, as commonly discussed, implies both rolling and transportation, neither of which a pottery wheel does. There doesn't seem to be a clear lineage connecting the two, either.
- somat 3y agoI find it interesting how no one in the new world had the wheel. Technically the Mayans had a wheel, but used it for... calendars? see also: http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197303/why.they.lost.the.wheel.htm http://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197303/why.they.lost.th...