The Wheel (Civ7)

The Wheel
Technology of the Antiquity Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Cost	245
Technologies
Required	Irrigation   Masonry
Required	Irrigation   Masonry
Leads to	Military Training
Leads to	Military Training
Unlocks
Units	Ballista Chariot Numidian Cavalry Purabhettarah Yuthahathi
Infrastructure	Villa
Endeavor	Military Infiltration
Mastery notes
+1 Movement for Siege units. Gain 1 Codex.

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 "Even a great carpenter does not abandon his string."
– Mencius

The Wheel is an Antiquity Age technology in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

The wheel is a simple invention: a disk featuring a central axis to spin around. Carrying goods on one's back is burdensome, and dragging objects on the ground is destructive. The wheel alleviates both issues, conveying objects with relative ease. The invention is so simple that it was, quite possibly, invented independently by multiple civilizations. While the earliest depictions of the wheel come from Syria around 5000-4000 BCE, evidence of wheels in Poland in the 3000s BCE and in China from around 2200 BCE have also been discovered. The introduction of spokes created wheels that were lighter than the solid disks, allowing for more efficient vehicles and enabling chariots. The spoked wheel was so important to ancient peoples that it was the symbol of the Vedic civilization, a people who swept into India around the 1200s BCE – the wheel was later incorporated into Ashoka’s wheel of dharma.

Perhaps surprisingly, Mesoamerica also invented the wheel, though its only use appears to have been for toys. Terrain may play a factor here as the steppe and arid lands of the Near East gave wheeled vehicles a decided advantage, but the broken terrain, dense forest, and high peaks (in Andean South America) may have hindered its widespread adoption in Mesoamerica.

See also

• The Wheel in other games