Mesopotamia Wheel: Invention, Design, and History

Around 4,000 BC, the first Mesopotamia wheels were developed to be used as potter's wheels.

By Hrothsige Frithowulf

Published: January 11, 2023

Mesopotamia Wheel

A Ram-Headed Vessel with Mesopotamian wheel, second half 3rd millenium BC. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, Creative Commons-BY)