I have just finished listening to a series of lectures on ancient Greece by Professor Donald Kagan of Yale Uni (available online from Academic Earth) where he points out that the use of chariots as portrayed in the Iliad indicates that the Greeks of Homer's era didn't understand their use in battle. To quote as best I can remember, "They used them as taxi cabs..." that is not as fighting platforms but simply as transport, then the warriors leapt down and fought on foot.
Wheels failed to catch on in many ancient cultures for several reasons. Carts and wagons require road networks and draft animals. Many locations are limited by the terrain. Deserts, jungles, mountains and wetlands. Camels handle difficult terrain better than wheels. Europe has abundant rivers, making river boats easier, cheaper and more versatile. Roads are enormous infrastructure projects that only empires could afford to build and maintain. Overland transport needs significant amount of trade to make it worthwhile, and also a lack of better, cheaper alternatives.
Thank you for stating The Truth and saying the words ......It Is Believed....Not, It Was....Words are Very Important.... for Noone Truely knows for sure Who Invented The Wheel.... Well done
Very comprehensive and detailed history of the wheel. I made a video about wheel use in Africa. It ends to be the go-to for bigots about the perceived "inferiority" of Africans. You might enjoy it. It's on my channel.
Do you know where I could find a time line map of the distribution and use of the wheel around the world based on archaeological evidence? It would be of huge interest to me.
I would think people around the world worked out the wheel completely independent from each other. All beavers make dams but they haven't told each other. Somethings are just bound to be worked out.
@@Yamaha.ha.ha.ha. not necessarily. The wheel is not a very common occurrence before the historic age. It's mostly spread where the IE culture went or in its neighbouring areas in historic times.
Thank you for spinning the story, I mean the wheels. The wheels were invented during the Ramayana Era, which is almost 9,000 years ago. Romania was later inhabited by the so called Anatolians. The Anatolians were emigrants from India/IVC, some 11,000 years ago. In 2012, exhibiting such depth of knowledge, you should have been a graduate of either Smithsonian or Yale or Princeton.
@The Master Line Nobody invented it. Today they found an earlier wheel in Mesopotamia, five years from now they'll find an earlier wheel somewhere else. That's been the pattern since we started searching for its origin.
Skorrigan Indeed, though as O say in the video the situation wasn’t quite so simple. It is suggested that a cart wasn’t developed as there was no practical means to drive such large wheels. Caravans of people continued to be the most efficient way to transport goods through tough terrain.
Thank you for such a "moving" lesson.
*clap. clap. clap.*
I have just finished listening to a series of lectures on ancient Greece by Professor Donald Kagan of Yale Uni (available online from Academic Earth) where he points out that the use of chariots as portrayed in the Iliad indicates that the Greeks of Homer's era didn't understand their use in battle. To quote as best I can remember, "They used them as taxi cabs..." that is not as fighting platforms but simply as transport, then the warriors leapt down and fought on foot.
Sort of off topic but your voice is so relaxing :)
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Wheels failed to catch on in many ancient cultures for several reasons. Carts and wagons require road networks and draft animals. Many locations are limited by the terrain. Deserts, jungles, mountains and wetlands. Camels handle difficult terrain better than wheels. Europe has abundant rivers, making river boats easier, cheaper and more versatile. Roads are enormous infrastructure projects that only empires could afford to build and maintain. Overland transport needs significant amount of trade to make it worthwhile, and also a lack of better, cheaper alternatives.
Thank you for stating The Truth and saying the words ......It Is Believed....Not, It Was....Words are Very Important.... for Noone Truely knows for sure Who Invented The Wheel.... Well done
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Very comprehensive and detailed history of the wheel. I made a video about wheel use in Africa. It ends to be the go-to for bigots about the perceived "inferiority" of Africans. You might enjoy it. It's on my channel.
I found this wheely informative. :¬)
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Do you know where I could find a time line map of the distribution and use of the wheel around the world based on archaeological evidence? It would be of huge interest to me.
Keep looking it's around.
I would think people around the world worked out the wheel completely independent from each other. All beavers make dams but they haven't told each other. Somethings are just bound to be worked out.
@@Yamaha.ha.ha.ha. not necessarily. The wheel is not a very common occurrence before the historic age. It's mostly spread where the IE culture went or in its neighbouring areas in historic times.
In fact that is western asia as turkey is the division.
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Thank you for spinning the story, I mean the wheels.
The wheels were invented during the Ramayana Era, which is almost 9,000 years ago.
Romania was later inhabited by the so called Anatolians.
The Anatolians were emigrants from India/IVC, some 11,000 years ago.
In 2012, exhibiting such depth of knowledge, you should have been a graduate of either Smithsonian or Yale or Princeton.
The Map on 1:00 shows the ancient empires and... Palestine? WTF?
Tal Barami I made this video six years ago and it was the only usable map I could find. No idea why Palestine was marked on it :s
what about Egypt?
@The Master Line Nobody invented it. Today they found an earlier wheel in Mesopotamia, five years from now they'll find an earlier wheel somewhere else. That's been the pattern since we started searching for its origin.
It was never invented because it's a shape. It was discovered at some point but we didn't invent it. Even out bodies are full of circles.
@DaithiDublin *High Fives*
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So.... in Americas they used wheels for toys but they didnt find wheels useful in carts. Eeeehm...
Skorrigan Indeed, though as O say in the video the situation wasn’t quite so simple. It is suggested that a cart wasn’t developed as there was no practical means to drive such large wheels. Caravans of people continued to be the most efficient way to transport goods through tough terrain.
Spoked wheel invented in Indus Valley Civilization
The model wheel first is stupid a model is a copy of something greater.
billy Red Ofcourse! They are evidence of larger wheels/axels which didn’t survive in the archaeological record.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronocice_pot
A depiction of a wheeled vehicle from over 5000 years ago.
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Why didnt the Egyptians use the wheel to help them building the pyramids?
Ian Clarke my suspicion is that axels wouldn’t hold up to the weight of such massive sone blocks!?
@@Archaeos0up Then have more axles?
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