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The Forum: Wheel Revolutions

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Wagon Wheels attached to a fence. Photo by BBC

07/05/2016 GMT

Wheel Revolutions

BBC World Service - The Forum, Wheel Revolutions

The technology and art of wheeled transport

Historian Richard Bulliet, logistics expert Jagjit Singh Srai and Cyr wheel dancer Valerie Inertie discuss wheels of the past and present with Bridget Kendall.

People have come up with the idea of the wheel many times and in different places, but what were the key turning points which led to mass transport and the miracle of modern logistics? Bridget Kendall discusses the still-unfolding story of the wheel with historian Richard Bulliet, logistics expert Jagjit Singh Srai and Cyr wheel dancer Valerie Inertie.

(Photo: Wagon wheels and the view of Monument Valley in Utah, USA)

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