How Do People Use The Mesopotamian Wheel

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A Wheely Good Introduction Every single day in the U.S.A. 210 million people use wheel related travel to get to their destinations (reference.com). The first wheel ever created had different uses most people might not have even thought about before, as well as being created way differently than the present day wheel, and also has really affected people’s lives today. The Mesopotamian wheel (the first wheel created) had many uses and affected many of the things most people see everyday. The Uses of the First Wheel The wheel back in the day was used for many different tasks. “The earliest wheels are believed to have been used for pottery making” (Stella Novus). Surprisingly, the first wheel was used for pottery but most people think it was used for transportation. Nor was it till about 3200 BC that they started to use chariots, “a two wheeled horse-drawn vehicle…” (dictionary.com). “Humans realized that heavy objects could be moved easier if something round…was placed under it and the object rolled over it,” (Mary Bellis). The wheel was …show more content…

According to Ankita Bhugra “The first wheel was made from clay, rock, and mud which slowly developed to the making of wheels by joining together wooden planks.” This shows that their wheels were made by making clay, rock, and mud circles and then later attaching them to make a wheels which is far less advanced compared to how the current wheel is made today. Just imagine a world where wheels are circles of clay, rock, and mud all on the cars that you're supposed to take to work. According to Brad Bowling wheels today are “...made from an alloy of aluminum or magnesium. Alloys are mixtures of metal and other elements.” This shows the wheel is made of a mix of aluminum or magnesium. In the end the wheel seen today looked a lot different a couple thousand years

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