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10 dates that shook the world
c.3500 BC Invention of the wheel
The wheel was invented in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) along with the plough. Also invented was the sail in Egypt.
This trio were responsible in heavily boosting trade, agriculture and exploration all over the world.
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