History of Wheel's Invention

FIND TEKNO, HISTORIA - A nation that is considered the inventor of the wheel is Elamite who lived in Mesopotamia (Tigris-Euphrates Valley). Considered thus, because the sculptures they created is the oldest depiction of the wheel. Although there is a possibility that the wheel was older than the Elamite, but it must be derived from the area surrounding their homes. Why is that? Since the wheels are not found in other regions of the world, except in the nations ever make contact directly or indirectly with the culture of the Tigris Valley - Euphrates [1].

Kish also in Mesopotamia, was discovered 5,000 years old wheels. So we may conclude that the wheel is indeed found in the region of Mesopotamia. Perhaps the idea of ​​reinventing the wheel comes from the rolls wooden board placed under a load in order to make it easier to move. So load rolled over the rollers, and then moved to the front rollers, and so on.

Thanks to the use of the wooden rollers, cow age for driving a load can be longer. Rolls of wood that serves as the hoop likely is the forerunner of the wheel. The next development is entirely conjectural. Neither the board nor the load carrying wooden roller will both wear out after repeated use. As a result, incurred tug on wooden rollers.

In the meantime, it is a good thing, because it will prevent the wood roller sliding out of the board where the load. But if the wear and tear in the form of the notch deeper, then the middle between the two notches will rub against a load board. As a result, the movement becomes smooth.

People then seek a way, how this will not happen. They then make that the center of the roller becomes smaller than the edges. Be two wheels connected by a shaft to be one with him. However, because both are fused with the axle, the wheels are forced to move at the same speed, so it can not turn easily.

Mankind is not fond of despair, and they find a way again. Created shaft fixed to the wheel, each spinning at him. Thus, they can rotate at different speeds. This facilitates in turn. Such was the forerunner of the wheel as it is today.

Wheel then spread to various places. Ancestry of Europe, most of Asia, and several nations in Africa have known the wheel for several thousand years. But other nations new to the wheel before the modern era. For example, the Egyptians have known chariot wheels. At the tomb of Egyptian kings can be found the remains of chariots, which is certainly using the wheel.

Thanks to the advanced chariots, the Assyrians under Sennacherib (approximately 720 BC) managed to develop their vast empire.

[1] See Wheels: A Pictorial History, page 9. SOURCE: Tunis, Edwin. Wheels: A Pictorial History, The World Publishing Company, 1954.