Ezias
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ArabArcher35 said:Ezias said:Now I think that a good question to ask would be why the wheel didn't develop in the Americas when it had developed everywhere else (as far as I know).
The wheel never independantly developed, as far as I know. It was invented in Sumeria around 3500 B.C., and spready during the next sevaral thousand years to most of the Old World. In Egypt, the early Pharaohs had to make use of giant sleds to move the great limestone blocks that their pyramids were made of, as they did not have the wheel.
Yeah, I'm aware that it wasn't developed, I just think that it's an interesting question as to why a pretty simple (or at most relatively simple imo) concept wasn't developed. Granted we are a bit biased on such a thing since we've been benefiting from the wheel for thousands of years.