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The earliest wheels were made from solid wood before 3500 B.C. in Asia
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The plank wheel with three planks of wood attached by wooden cross pieces was invented around 3000 B.C. by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
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Spoked wheels were first used in Mesopotamia around 2000 B.C.
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The modern pneumatic tyre was invented in 1888 in Scotland by John Dunlop.
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Wire spokes were inveted in England in the 19th century by Sir George Caley. Nowadays it they are used for bikes.