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jan 1, 3050 BC - The Sumner Wheel was invented

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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.

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jan 1, 3050 BC
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~ 5080 years ago