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I don't know if they used it for transport then, but they had the wheel at about that point in time.
It could be that comic strips are not the best place to learn about ancient history.
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I mean, you say that, but whenever they get posted to Lemmy, there's always someone in the comments sharing the facts. 🙃
I like that though
Yeah, me too.
Wheels and sand don’t mix well together, so I guess it’s unlikely they used wheels for transportation.
The wheel (for transportation) is really a concomitant of stable roads existing. Really wheels only work on flat, paved surfaces. The "invention" of the wheel isn't the stroke of genius that pop culture likes to portray it as. It's just something that follows from having the right environment. The Romans for instance built and maintained widespread road networks throughout Europe to quickly move troops to the front lines. It turns out that those roads also were a tremendous boon for traders and travellers using carts.
Comic's still funny though.
The theory I learnt in school was that they placed the bricks on a row of tree trunks that served as "wheels" or rather, a type of conveyor belt.
The trunk that was freed at the back by pulling the brick forward was placed in front again. Not sure if that's still the current theory.
Yea because wheels suck on sand.
They did not need it for transport. They had camels. Much more useful in a sandy desert.
Camels were not introduced to Egypt until the Persians invaded in 525 BCE.
They dragged things on sledges with someone wetting the sand in front of them.
We have no doubt about that.
Actually almost all of the people in ancient Egypt lived in the Nile river delta, because of the fertile soil. As such they mostly used boats to transport things up and down the river. They also used a lot of ships for trading with other lands along the Mediterranean coast. For smaller local transport carts were used, as they didn't live in a desert environment, but instead in a lush agricultural land.
Well that explains the desertification I guess.
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