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re: Who really invented the wheel?

Posted on 10/18/19 at 11:52 pm to
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
9387 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 11:52 pm to
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Pretty sure the black man invented the wheel.


Considering where civilization originated, this has a pretty high chance of being correct.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135032 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 11:54 pm to
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Considering where civilization originated, this has a pretty high chance of being correct.


It’s verifiably not.
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The earliest wheels were used as potter's wheels. They were invented in Mesopotamia about 5,500 years ago. The wheelbarrow—a simple cart with a single wheel—was invented by the ancient Greeks.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
144670 posts
Posted on 10/18/19 at 11:57 pm to
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Considering where civilization originated, this has a pretty high chance of being correct.


Shortly after inventing the wheel, a different black man became the first person to steal a wheel.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
66848 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 12:38 am to
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Considering where civilization originated, this has a pretty high chance of being correct.

Near East Asia?

Of course, that's being challenged by new discoveries in Turkey and elsewhere.

Still not Africa though.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
66848 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 12:41 am to
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IIRC they made some forays into Egypt and interbred with the royals?

They conquered and enslaved Egypt for a time, but were later deposed and re-conquered by Egypt.
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
21179 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 6:28 am to
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Like a box. Or tools. Who invented tools and who pays royalties? Pe-King man or an ape?


According to the Bare Naked Ladies, Neanderthals developed tools before we built the wall.

But to the original question, it may have been the first human to observe a rock rolling down a hill.
Posted by Mikey P
Gulfport, MS
Member since May 2017
536 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 6:30 am to
Al Gore, along with the internet
Posted by tuptiger
Member since Jan 2008
4314 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 6:53 am to
It’s not like we can vote on the origination of an idea.
Posted by Knight of Old
New Hampshire
Member since Jul 2007
13204 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 6:59 am to
Same guy who invented the tooth-cleaning rock...
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
16057 posts
Posted on 10/19/19 at 7:03 am to
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who’s to say that at someone in Japan in 200 BC didn’t invent the wheel?
In 200 BC the Chinese, Greeks and Italians had them in wide use.
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