evolution of the wheel

  • 3500 BCE

    the first traveling wheel

    the first traveling wheel
    The first travelling wheel was invented in bronze age.It was made in mesopotamia but ancient greek were the first to use it.
    discovered by finding out that round objects are easier to carry heavy things that time they used very heavy boulders and carved they would also use fallen trees to rolle things. It was invented so late
  • 3500 BCE

    the Egyptians

    the Egyptians
    in the same year the Egyptian started using the invention to make premeds it would help drag objects
  • 3000 BCE

    the potters wheel

    the potters wheel
    One of the earliest wheels was made for poetry in Mesopotamia but it was not used for traveling.
  • 1000 BCE

    spoked wheel

    spoked wheel
    this made the wheel more lighed and aster to travel on thats why you see it in cycles
  • 100

    chinas wheel

    chinas wheel
    China was also one of the first to make the wheelbarrow around.People believed that the wheelbarrow was made 4-6 ce after. that time wheelbarrows were very expensive
  • 400

    chariots

    chariots
    300 years after that someone thought of using them for chariots people today
  • 1500

    iron rimmed wheel

    iron rimmed wheel
    Then the iron rimmed wheel came it took a while to reach the time line because iron was discovered a bit later
  • today wheels

    today wheels
    todays tires are mostly iron rimmed tires that are on cars and motorcycles they are there to carry the heavy engine but it has a hole to go a bit faster and has a rubber so that it can create friction when the road is wet
  • the modern wheel

    the modern wheel
    in the future we will have more advanced features such as :rubber compound [more flexible rubber],steel belts [to make it more stronger] and a gripping surface