People have been inventing things since the dawn of mankind. My dad is an inventor along with thousands of other people who have an idea that would make life a little better for us all. Although the inventions these days are much more advanced than the inventions that the first humans made, I believe that the invention of the wheel was one of the best inventions of all time.
Many people believe that the wheel has been around since 8000 BCE, however, that date that it was made is not exactly known. The oldest wheel ever discovered was made in 3500 BCE in Mesopotamia. This wheel is thought to have been a potter’s wheel used to make pots and other clay artifacts. Around 3200 BCE, the Mesopotamians began to use the wheel for transportation by putting it on their chariots. The Egyptians later made improvements to this wheel by making it a spoked wheel.
Before the wheel was invented for transportation, people used rollers (logs) to transport heavy objects. They would put one roller beneath the object, roll it, and then place another roller in front of the first, and so on. The invention of the wheel made transporting goods a thousand times easier for these earlier people.
Today, we use wheels all the time; on cars, buses, trains, planes, bicycles, luggage, lawn mowers, trailers, wheelbarrows, etc. The list goes on and on. Wheels make life so much better for everyone, and we can all thank the Mesopotamians for that.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Invention-of-the-Wheel
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/wheel.htm
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