The wheel is probably the most important mechanical invention of all time. Which of the following civilizations has/have never used the wheel?

Mesopotamia

Inca

Aztec

Maya

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Based on diagrams on ancient clay tablets, wheel’s earliest known use was a potter’s wheel that was used at Ur in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 BC. The first use of the wheel for transportation was probably on Mesopotamian chariots in 3200 BC.
The great Inca, Aztec and Maya civilizations reached an extremely high level of development, yet they never used the wheel. In fact, there is no evidence that the use of the wheel existed among native people anywhere in the Western Hemisphere until well after contact with Europeans.

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Based on diagrams on ancient clay tablets, wheel’s earliest known use was a potter’s wheel that was used at Ur in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 BC. The first use of the wheel for transportation was probably on Mesopotamian chariots in 3200 BC.
The great Inca, Aztec and Maya civilizations reached an extremely high level of development, yet they never used the wheel. In fact, there is no evidence that the use of the wheel existed among native people anywhere in the Western Hemisphere until well after contact with Europeans.

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