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Starting when?
www.biblicalarchaeology.org
4000 years ago.
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I wasn’t disputing that. I honestly have no idea when Sub Saharan Africa started using the wheelThey used wheels in pottery making, grinding and irrigation.
Early humans left Africa (so they think now) 60K to 90K years ago.
Early humans left Africa (so they think now) 60K to 90K years ago. They became Europeans, Asians, Middle-Easterners, Australians, Americans. This after traveling thousands of miles away from Africa and adapting to new climates, new lands, new waters.
Africans, staying in place for those thousands of years, never invented the wheel. When European explorers went to the interior of Africa, they found no wheels, and little to no advancement beyond the Stone Age.
Why?
Early humans left Africa (so they think now) 60K to 90K years ago. They became Europeans, Asians, Middle-Easterners, Australians, Americans. This after traveling thousands of miles away from Africa and adapting to new climates, new lands, new waters.
Africans, staying in place for those thousands of years, never invented the wheel. When European explorers went to the interior of Africa, they found no wheels, and little to no advancement beyond the Stone Age.
Why?
No blacks huh?History of the wheel in Africa - Wikipedia
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In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus reported use of chariots by Garamantes in the Saharan region of North Africa.[1][8]
In the 1st century CE, Strabo reported use of chariots by Nigretes and Pharusii in the Saharan region of North Africa.[1][9]
Algeria
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Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.[2]
Between 3200 BP and 1000 BP, various Central Saharan rock art sites from the Horse Period were created depicting charioteers, mostly upon horse-driven chariots and rarely upon cattle-driven chariots;[10] these painted and engraved depictions were distributed in 81 painted and 120 engraved depictions in Algeria, 18 painted and 44 engraved depictions in Libya, 6 engraved depictions in Mali, 125 engraved depictions in Mauritania, 96 engraved depictions in Morocco, 29 engraved depictions in Niger, and 21 engraved depictions in Western Sahara, and were likely created by the Garamantes, whose ancestors were ancient Berbers and Saharan pastoralists.[11]
/——/ Early African wheel with spinner.History of the wheel in Africa - Wikipedia
In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus reported use of chariots by Garamantes in the Saharan region of North Africa.[1][8]
In the 1st century CE, Strabo reported use of chariots by Nigretes and Pharusii in the Saharan region of North Africa.[1][9]
Algeria
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Rock art engravings of ox-drawn wagons and horse-driven chariots can be found in Algeria, Libya, southern Morocco, Mauritania, and Niger.[2]
Between 3200 BP and 1000 BP, various Central Saharan rock art sites from the Horse Period were created depicting charioteers, mostly upon horse-driven chariots and rarely upon cattle-driven chariots;[10] these painted and engraved depictions were distributed in 81 painted and 120 engraved depictions in Algeria, 18 painted and 44 engraved depictions in Libya, 6 engraved depictions in Mali, 125 engraved depictions in Mauritania, 96 engraved depictions in Morocco, 29 engraved depictions in Niger, and 21 engraved depictions in Western Sahara, and were likely created by the Garamantes, whose ancestors were ancient Berbers and Saharan pastoralists.[11]
No blacks huh?
ME? You refused to name any blacks, not I.God, you're terminally stupid.
Fair enough.I’m not sure what point the OP is trying to make here…but there are a lot of reasons why the wheel wasn’t used in sub-Saharan Africa. Most things are invented to increase efficiency and reduce labor. The terrain may have made wheels difficult, reducing any perceived benefit, lack of draft animals, other forms of transportation and haulage may have been more efficient under the conditions. There are also heavy seasonal rains in some parts that make wheeled transportation difficult and rivers that offer more efficient means of moving people and cargo.
The wheel in Africa was used, to various extents, throughout the history of Africa.[1] While it may have been common for Africans to manually carry their goods or use pack animals to transport economic goods in Africa, there was broad awareness, knowledge, and use of wheeled transports (e.g., carts, carriages,[1] chariots,[1][2] wagons[2][3]) in Africa.[1] However, the environment in some parts of tropical Africa, as well as alternative forms of travel and transport, such as via canoe and beasts of burden/riding animals (e.g., donkeys, horses, camels), may have resulted in decreased use of animal-drawn wheeled transport in Africa.[4][5] The wheel was also given other technical applications in Africa, such as a water wheel[6] and a potter's wheel.[7]No blacks huh?
Fair enough.
They did start using wheels once they were exposed to them, though.
By that time there was likely more infrastructure in place to make it advantageous.Fair enough.
They did start using wheels once they were exposed to them, though.
Yes, such infrastructure has been a great gift to the people of Africa.By that time there was likely more infrastructure in place to make it advantageous.
Looks like the Blacks did not use wheels however the browns used them. Browns are not blacks.The wheel in Africa was used, to various extents, throughout the history of Africa.[1] While it may have been common for Africans to manually carry their goods or use pack animals to transport economic goods in Africa, there was broad awareness, knowledge, and use of wheeled transports (e.g., carts, carriages,[1] chariots,[1][2] wagons[2][3]) in Africa.[1] However, the environment in some parts of tropical Africa, as well as alternative forms of travel and transport, such as via canoe and beasts of burden/riding animals (e.g., donkeys, horses, camels), may have resulted in decreased use of animal-drawn wheeled transport in Africa.[4][5] The wheel was also given other technical applications in Africa, such as a water wheel[6] and a potter's wheel.[7]
History of the wheel in Africa - Wikipedia
