To: DesertRhino
They never used the wheel for transport -- yet, the ancient Mayans had wheeled toys (the one on the right, below).
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
I guarantee that most people don't realize that the most successful ship design of all time came 1000 years before the Europeans came close and it still exists in widespread use today.
Most people will say it's junk and I'll have to agree.
Genius is subjective.
11 posted on
02/03/2009 1:04:26 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
ROFLMAO... the answer was all around them. guess thats how it is when youre a genius.
16 posted on
02/03/2009 1:18:14 PM PST by
DesertRhino
(Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Strange the wheels of the toy on the left even seem to have a spoke detail the you might see on a full size wooden wagon wheels like they knew all the concepts... Hmm maybe the Mayans had some unknown odd taboo about wheels and their uses
24 posted on
02/03/2009 2:47:01 PM PST by
tophat9000
( We are "O" so f---ed)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
No horses or decent draft animals was why no great carts. (Llamas are OK, but not exactly oxen.)
Plus, their territory was awfully mountainous, further limiting usefulness.
25 posted on
02/03/2009 3:35:08 PM PST by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
31 posted on
02/04/2009 2:13:15 AM PST by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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