[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #2899, aired 1997-03-20 [PAR] To make these lighter & more efficient, the Mesopotamians added spokes ... 
Homo habilis is considered the first of our ancestors to fashion these items... [DOC] [TLE] Remaking the Wheel - Evolution of the Chariot - NYTimes.com [PAR] Feb 22, 1994 ... These appear to be the wheels of chariots, the earliest direct evidence for the ... 
Crete to Mesopotamia strained palace treasuries to build more and more chariots
, ... They had 8 to 12 spokes, a lighter and more efficient design. [DOC] [TLE] THE BROADER INFLUENCE OF MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIETY pages ... [PAR] Yet the broader impact of Mesopotamian society shows that, even in early ... For 
more than two thousand years, Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews interacted 
constantly with ... federation of twelve tribes, these Hebrews, known as the 
Israelites, fought ... recognition of Yahweh as the only true god seems to have 
emerged about... [DOC] [TLE] Water wheel - Wikipedia [PAR] A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling 
water into useful .... Most excavated Roman watermills were equipped with one of 
these wheels .... The water wheel is understood to have actively shaped and 
forever changed ...... Jump up ^ As for a Mesopotamian connection: Schioler 
1973, p. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Wheel - autoevolution [PAR] Jun 2, 2009 ... The need for faster transportation and the idea of using less material ... This wire 
spoke consisted of a length of wire threaded through the rim of the ... Company 
invented longer life tires by adding carbon to the rubber. ... On the other hand, 
alloy wheels are considerably more expensive to make than steel... [DOC] [TLE] Innovation of the Wheel by Lexi Montour on Prezi [PAR] Mar 3, 2016 ... Please log in to add your comment. ... The idea came from the people in 
Mesopotamia, the Egyptians put the idea ... They had discovered that these 
grooves made the roller go a greater ... Egyptians made spokes for their wheel to 
make them lighter and more efficient. ... More presentations by Lexi Montour... [DOC] [TLE] Wheel - Wikipedia [PAR] A wheel is a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing. The 
wheel is one .... The spoked wheel was invented more recently, and allowed the 
construction of ... of clay with lines which have been interpreted as spokes 
painted or in relief, and a .... These may be driven by external force or integral 
motors. [DOC] [TLE] The Wheel by Evan Margiotta on Prezi [PAR] Sep 18, 2014 ... The first wheel was made in ancient Mesopotamia in approximately ... For these 
reasons the wheel was most likely invented very few times in ... spoke, which 
decreased the weight and materials needed to build ... It wasn't until 1910 when 
carbon was added to the tire creating a longer lasting, more durable... [DOC] [TLE] Transportation in America and the Carriage Age - Park City Museum [PAR] Mesopotamia, wheels were added to sleds to make the first carts. ... These early 
wheeled vehicles gave rise to animal-powered chariots and ... horse to pull a 
wheeled vehicle became much more efficient after the collar ..... Then people 
discovered a way to make them lighter. They cut out most of the wood ... called 
spokes. [DOC] [TLE] Why was cycling not included in the ancient Olympics? [PAR] However technology sufficient to build a bike had been around for about 1,200 ... 
against the ground, which provided a faster and more efficient means of ... 
appeared in Mesopotamia by 2000 BC and were used in chariots in Syria, Egypt, 
and ... Bicycles did not become popular until cranks and pedals were added to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq Museum ... [PAR] An excerpt from The Rape of Mesopotamia: Behind the Looting of the Iraq ... to go 
in lighter and faster required jettisoning supposedly inessential forces from the 
first ... executive-branch departments [nor, one might add, by the uniformed 
military]; ... None of these conditions, however, would have been as debilitating 
as they... [DOC] [TLE] Wheeled Vehicles of

Question: To make these lighter & more efficient, the Mesopotamians added spokes
Answer: Wheels