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The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marsh some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in 2002. [1] Radiocarbon dating , performed in the VERA laboratory ( Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator ) in Vienna , showed that it was approximately 5,100 to 5,350 years old, which ...
The oldest surviving example of a potter's wheel was thought to be one found in Ur (modern day Iraq) dating to approximately 3100 BCE. [15] However, a potter's wheel found in western Ukraine, of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, dates to the middle of the 5th millennium BCE which pre-dates the earliest use of the potter's wheel in Mesopotamia.
A potter's wheel in western Ukraine, from the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, has been dated to the middle of the 5th millennium BC, and is the oldest ever found, and which further precedes the earliest use of the potter's wheel in Mesopotamia by several hundred years. [7]
A potter's wheel from the middle of the 5th millennium BC is the oldest ever found, and predates evidence of wheels in Mesopotamia by several hundred years. [19] The culture also has the oldest evidence of wheels for vehicles, which predate any evidence of wheels for vehicles in Mesopotamia by several hundred years as well. [16] [20] [21] [22]
The earliest physical shoes found so far are bark sandals dated to 10 to 9 kya in Fort Rock Cave, United States. [52] The oldest known leather shoe dated to 5.5 kya was found in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. [53] 44 kya – 42 kya: Tally sticks (see Lebombo bone) in Eswatini [54]
An early example of a wooden wheel and its axle was found in 2002 at the Ljubljana Marshes some 20 km south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. According to radiocarbon dating, it is between 5,100 and 5,350 years old. The wheel was made of ash and oak and had a radius of 70 cm and the axle was 120 cm long and made of oak. [10]
The oldest wooden wheels usable for transport were found in southern Russia and dated to 3325 ± 125 BC. [1] Evidence of wheeled vehicles appears from the mid- 4th millennium BC , between the North Sea and Mesopotamia [ citation needed ] .
1620 – Cornelius Drebbel builds the world's first known submarine, which is propelled by oars (although there are earlier ideas for and depictions of submarines). 1644 - Adam Wybe builds world's first cable car on multiple supports. It was the biggest built until the end of the 19th century. [9]