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re: Feb 29, 1504. Columbus Plays Dirty Trick on Indians
Posted on 2/29/24 at 4:51 pm to AwgustaDawg
Posted on 2/29/24 at 4:51 pm to AwgustaDawg
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the people Columbus "discovered" had not invented the wheel, an item they had no use for as they did not carry loads that they could carry or drag (they certainly used logs to roll things on though)
You’re saying that because they didn’t have wheels, they didn’t need them.
And also because they didn’t perform actions that a wheel would have made easier (had they had them), that they didn’t have a use for them.
It’s like you’re presuming they were aware of wheels and just said “Nah we’re good.”
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Posted on 2/29/24 at 4:55 pm to Havoc
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You’re saying that because they didn’t have wheels, they didn’t need them.
Basic wheelbarrows would actually have revolutionized indo-american society by greatly increasing the amount of materials or goods a single worker could carry. However, absent draft animals to pull carts and wagons, it could only change society so much. The inability for meso-american tribes to transport more goods than a single human could physically carry overland significantly stunted their development.
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