Wheel
- Period
- c. 3500 BC
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A wheel is a rotating component intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle, which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily, facilitating transportation, supporting loads, and performing work in machines. Wheels are also used for other purposes, such as a ship's wheel, steering wheel, potter's wheel, and flywheel.
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Earlier and later events nearby
- c. 3500 BCWheelThis page
- c. 3200 BCCuneiform
- c. 2300 BCFounding of the Akkadian Empire
- c. 1754 BCCode of Hammurabi
Who ruled this land
States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.
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- 3400–2400 BCSumer
- 2300–2200 BCAkkadian Empire
- 2100 BCGutian dynasty of Sumer
- 2000–1900 BCSumer
- 1800–850 BCBabylonia
- 800–700 BCNeo-Assyrian Empire
- 650 BCBabylonia
- 600–550 BCNeo-Babylonian Empire
- 500–350 BCAchaemenid Empire
- 300–150 BCSeleucid Empire
- 100 BC – AD 100Parthian Empire
- AD 125Roman Empire
- AD 150–225Parthian Empire
- AD 250–625Sasanian Empire
- AD 650Rashidun Caliphate
- AD 675–750Umayyad Caliphate
- AD 775–950Abbasid Caliphate
- AD 975–1040Buyid dynasty
- 1060–1200Seljuk Empire
- 1220–1240Abbasid Caliphate
- 1260–1280Mongol Empire
- 1300–1340Ilkhanate
- 1360–1400Jalayirid Sultanate
- 1420Arab Iraq
- 1440–1500Aq Qoyunlu
- 1510–1530Safavid dynasty
- 1540–1600Ottoman Empire
- 1610Safavid dynasty
- 1620Ottoman Empire
- 1630Safavid dynasty
- 1640–1916Ottoman Empire
- 1918–1920British Empire
- 1922–1930British Africa
- 1932–1942Kingdom of Iraq
- 1944British Africa
- 1946British Empire