The inventor of the wheel

 The place was Mesopotamia and the year was approximately 3,500 B.C. I say approximately because, at that time, the Julian calendar as we know it did not yet exist. This would only be created by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, of course, at that time without the mention of “before Christ” which was only created much later, by Constantine in 325 AD. But that part of the story or my inability to more precise calculations they are not important to the events that led to the greatest invention in human history.

A fertile land supplied by Tigris and Euphrates rivers, that place has attracted diverse peoples for centuries. And fertility was not just about planting, but also about ideas, since it was in that same region that the first known form of writing was created.

Returning to the invention of the wheel, everything has to do with a humble farmer in a small city-state. Every day he worked hard on his wheat field with the help of his wife and children. It was difficult, but rewarding work.

One day, at harvest time, our friend the farmer went as he always did towards the market, to sell his products. Only on this day, something different happened. He could hardly imagine that his discovery would revolutionize the world.

He lived on a plain close to Tigris river and, in order to head towards the market, he would have to climb a small hill. And on this hill the farmer saw a small piece of cut tree trunk rolling. An almost perfect wheel.

He was curious and, at the same time, mesmerized. He had never seen such a beautiful object. Who would be the genius behind that invention? The farmer still didn’t know what it was for, but he was sure he could use it for something. And he took the object home.

Her children loved the wheel. They wanted to play with it all the time. Yes, the object was beautiful, it was fun. And who knows if it would have some greater use? After days of thinking, he came to the conclusion that with one more of those objects attached to a piece of wood, he could make a small wheelbarrow, which would make it possible to take more wheat to sell on the market. It would be incredible.

The next day, the farmer decided to go to the same place where he had seen the tree trunk rolling. And coincidentally, he saw another log, very similar to the previous one. It was déjà vu, a failure in the matrix. Of course, he didn’t think in those terms, but that was the feeling. This was no accident.

So he decided to look for the person responsible for those wonders. And after looking for clues and trails, he finally got his answer. It was not one, but some responsible ones for the greatest invention in human history. They worked incessantly damming a part of the Tigris River. And for that, they used all kinds of material, including cutting tree trunks. Yes, the true inventors of the wheel were some cheerful and curious beavers.