The wheel is thought of as the game changing invention since it allowed people to travel farther,spin fibers,irrigate crops and grind grains easier. In reality the wheel wasn't on the top of the ancient to-do list,the items that were more important include:boats,musical instruments,glue and alcohol. The oldest sign of alcohol is 9,000 years old when beer residue was found in pottery found in China,by comparison the wheel came about 3 millennia later. Booze played an important role in several ways in the early civilizations from medicinal to the center of religious and social celebrations. The wheel on the other hand has played a big part in where the world is today which is not a pretty picture so maybe it wasn't that great of an invention after all?
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