GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Prehistory
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Middle Ages
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Modern History
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Contemporary Era
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Detailed explanation-1: -The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood. It was only in 2000 BC that the discs began to be hollowed out to make a lighter wheel.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the remarkable achievements of the Neolithic Period was the invention of wheel. It brought a rapid progress in man’s life. The wheel was used in horse-carts and bullock-carts that helped man a lot to carry heavy loads. Therefore, in this period transport became quite easy and quick.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest wheels were used as potter’s wheels. They were invented in Mesopotamia about 5, 500 years ago.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The wheel was in fact invented in the Stone Age. More specifically, the wheel was invented during the Neolithic Revolution around the same time that animal and crop domestication was taking place, combined with the increasing prevalence of permanent human settlements.