quas wrote:The current historical consensus is that, "The first wheelbarrow in Europe appeared sometime between 1170 and 1250."
Whereas the usage of chariots was already prevalent much earlier, historians say that there's evidence of chariots/wheeled carts use as early as 4th millenium BC when the humans first domesticated horses.
So why did it take so long (5000 years!) for people who already knew how to use wheeled carriages to invent the wheelbarrow?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelbarrowhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot
We don't know whether they did or did not use them before 1170, it's just that we have no direct evidence of their usage before that.
Also chariots are distinct from wheelbarrows, being that
a. They're propelled by horses, not manpower.
b. used for speed and warfare, not just transportation of goods.
c. dual, rather than solo wheeled.
Besides, you're begging the question that they were not invented, rather than just no considered practical.
Also, from your link:
However, Lewis proposes that the wheelbarrow could have also existed in ancient Greece.[9][22] Based on the Eleusis list, Lewis states that it is possible that wheelbarrows were used on Greek construction sites, but admits that archaeological evidence for the wheelbarrow in ancient farming and mining is absent.[9] He surmised that wheelbarrows were not uncommon on Greek construction sites for carrying moderately light loads. He speculates the possibility of wheelbarrows in the Roman Empire and the later Eastern Roman, or Byzantine Empire, although Lewis concludes that the evidence is scarce, and that "most of this scenario, perforce, is pure speculation."[23] The 4th century Historia Augusta reports emperor Elagabalus to have used a wheelbarrow (Latin: pabillus from pabo, one-wheeled vehicle[24][25]) to transport women in his frivolous games at court.[26] While the present evidence does not indicate any use of wheelbarrows into medieval times, the question of continuity in the Byzantine Empire is still open, due to a lack of research yet.[9] Currently, there is no archaeological evidence for the wheelbarrow in ancient Greece and Rome.
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