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To: allmost
Actually it goes the other way.

With no large animals suitable for domestication as draft animals the wheel is largely useless.

32 posted on 12/20/2009 5:50:43 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Wheelbarrow? Any slightly mechanized machine for textiles, wind mills, archimedean water pumps, etc. No draft animals involved. If they had the wheel, IMO, the initial contact would have been reversed.
38 posted on 12/20/2009 10:58:52 AM PST by allmost
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