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    This document discusses the invention of the wheel and its impacts. It describes how the earliest wheel, dating back over 5,500 years, was used as a potter's wheel rather than for transportation. It details some precursors to the wheel in the form of slow wheels in the Middle East by the 5th millennium BC. The social and economic impacts of the wheel included allowing societies to transport supplies and people via chariots, enabling trading and the progression of civilizations.

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    This document discusses the invention of the wheel and its impacts. It describes how the earliest wheel, dating back over 5,500 years, was used as a potter's wheel rather than for transportation. It details some precursors to the wheel in the form of slow wheels in the Middle East by the 5th millennium BC. The social and economic impacts of the wheel included allowing societies to transport supplies and people via chariots, enabling trading and the progression of civilizations.

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    Historical Antecedents of Science and Technology

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    This document discusses the invention of the wheel and its impacts. It describes how the earliest wheel, dating back over 5,500 years, was used as a potter's wheel rather than for transportation. It details some precursors to the wheel in the form of slow wheels in the Middle East by the 5th millennium BC. The social and economic impacts of the wheel included allowing societies to transport supplies and people via chariots, enabling trading and the progression of civilizations.

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    Ata, Jamaica G.

    CAS 02 TF 9:00am – 10:30am


    Interaction Between Science, Technology and Society

    What is the invention?


    - Ancient Wheel
    - The oldest wheel found in archeological excavations was discovered in what
    was Mesopotamia and is believed to be over 5,500 years old. It was not used for
    transportation, though, but rather as a potter's wheel. The combination of the
    wheel and axle made possible early forms of transportation, which became more
    sophisticated over time with the development of other technologies.

    What are the precursors of your chosen invention? What tools existed to it or how did
    people carry out activities before its inventions?
    - Precursors of wheels, known as "tournettes" or "slow wheels", were known in
    the Middle East by the 5th millennium BC. One of the earliest examples was
    discovered at Tepe Pardis, Iran, and dated to 5200–4700 BC. These were made
    of stone or clay and secured to the ground with a peg in the center, but required
    significant effort to turn. True potter's wheels, which are freely-spinning and have
    a wheel and axle mechanism, were developed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) by 4200–
    4000 BC.
    - Thousands of years before the invention of the wheel, people were making
    vessels for drinking, eating, and storage by pinching, rolling, or coiling clay into
    shape and baking it until hard. The oldest crude ceramic vessels come from
    China and date back 20,000 years. The invention of the wheel allowed for the
    rise of wheel-thrown pottery.

    What were the social, political, cultural and economic contexts in which the invention
    was made?
    - In the same dialogue headed by Caso, Stirling suggests a notion of technology
    that is exclusively focused on efficiency and progress. He states: “It seems
    unbelievable that having known for five centuries the principle of the wheel no
    one would have thought of using it more generally.
    What were the social, political, cultural and economic impacts of your chosen invention?
    - Impact on Society The wheel impacted our society in many ways.
    In Ancient Civilization the wheel allowed societies to win battles and takeover
    land. Chariots allowed transportation for supplies and people. As civilizations
    advanced the wheel also advanced, helping with trading items and goods. This
    allowed societies to progress.

    References:
    https://www.thoughtco.com/the-invention-of-the-wheel-1992669
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/534090/things-invented-before-the-wheel
    https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/home/the-concept-of-the-wheel-in-ancient-
    mesoamerica
    https://innovationofthewheel.weebly.com/how-the-wheel-impacted-society.html

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