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Much respect for the people of Iraq, who put in a ridiculous amount of effort to deny the BIble. (i.ibb.co)

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[–] FlyingSquid 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

What I think is interesting is that those civilizations also didn't develop pottery wheels mill wheels, which makes me wonder if the wheel as transport is necessary to develop those technologies.

Also interesting to me is that the wheelbarrow was invented thousands of years after the wheel. You do need to invent an axle for a wheelbarrow to exist, but you would still think they would have been obvious technology. Nope, it was invented in first century BCE China.

That said, the person you replied to was slightly off. It wasn't the Incas, it was Mesoamericans. People like the Mayans. You were still correct though, it had no utility as transport in a jungle environment either.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Ahh thank you, I actually also misremembered which bit of the Americas that story was from. I think I had the Inca road network in mind.