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Scientists May Have Finally Found the Origin of One of History’s Most Important Inventions
For an invention so world-changing as the wheel ... but instead a potter’s wheel constructed in Mesopotamia (likely by the Sumerians) around 4000 BCE. Yet another theory points to northern ...
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Archimedes’ Screw: The Ancient Greek Water-Raising Invention Still Used Today
The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...
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Major discovery on origin of writing in birthplace of civilization
The four original inventions of writing are in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the South American Mayan culture. There may, however, be another source. There are cases in modern India and Pakistan ...