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Top Inventions of all time (The Wheel (Why Important? (permitted long…
Top Inventions of all time
The Wheel
Why Important?
permitted long-distance commerce
Romans were first to have quality roads ~ 312 BC
When?
~3500 BC
The Plow
Why Important?
made it possible for people to be something other than a farmer
allowed food to be stockpiled (beginning of commerce)
~1000 AD
The Printing Press
invented by Johannes Gutenberg in ~1440
made spread of information easier
Books were now affordable
increased common man's access to printed material
poor could now be educated
Automobile
Facilitated movement from point A to Point B
Allowed cities to grow
People not tied to city
led to growth of suburbs
~1885 by Karl Benz