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WORLD HISTORY
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What civilization was the first to invent the wheel, the chariot and the sailboat?
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Egyptian
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Mesopotamian
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Chinese
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Indus
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From the wheel to the sailboat, the Mesopotamians were responsible for countless inventions still used today.
Detailed explanation-2: -The chariot apparently originated in Mesopotamia in about 3000 bc; monuments from Ur and Tutub depict battle parades that include heavy vehicles with solid wheels, their bodywork framed with wood and covered with skins.
Detailed explanation-3: -The sailboat – Ancient Mesopotamia, 6000 BC Ushering in the Age of Sail, which transformed early trade and transport, the ancient Mesopotamian Ubaid culture (modern-day Iraq) was the first to use sailboats, as a means of crossing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers around which the culture was based.
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