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The use of sails goes back several thousand years. The Greeks used boats with sails, the Romans, the Egyptians, and other ancient cultures. They traded using small boats by following the Coastlines to coastal cities.

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It was the Sumerians (Mesopotamians) around 3000 BC.

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Did Ancient Egyptians invent sails?

sure they did


Did the egyptians invent the sails?

They invented it so that they could import and export things using the Nile River.


Lanteen sails were triangular these sails were square?

Square sails are square


What sails are square?

Square sails are referred to as four-cornered sails.


If La-teen sails were triangular which type of sails are square?

Square sails (rectangular) were (are) called four-cornered sails.


What is a sails man?

someone who sails.


Why are the sails on sailboats white?

Not all of the sails are white only sails made out if Dacron are white. But sails made out of carbon are black.


Why are ropes on yachts called sheets?

No , the sails are called the sheets. Wrong - the sails are called SAILS. The control lines to the sails are sheets.


Why are yacht ropes called sheets?

No , the sails are called the sheets. Wrong - the sails are called SAILS. The control lines to the sails are sheets.


If lateen sails were triangular which type of sails were square?

They were referred to as "four-cornered" sails.


What do sails eat?

Sails eat wind,


Lateen sails were triangular these sails were square?

Trapezoidal, actually. But the square sails were called square sails. Lateen or square could be referred to as yards.