THE wheel is one of the most important inventions. Without it no transportation would be possible today.
But we do not know when, how, why or where it was invented. There is proof that by 3500 BC the wheel was already in use in Mesopotamia, the area now known as Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Tablets from this period show wheeled chariots. - bigsiteofamazingfacts.com; thinkquest.org; wiki.answers.com
Important invention
THE wheel is one of the most important inventions. Without it no transportation would be possible today.
But we do not know when, how, why or where it was invented. There is proof that by 3500 BC the wheel was already in use in Mesopotamia, the area now known as Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Tablets from this period show wheeled chariots. - bigsiteofamazingfacts.com; thinkquest.org; wiki.answers.com