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The inventor of the wedge is unknown but the machine has been around since 7000 BC

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The wedge was invented to help people do work.

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Because the blade is shaped like a wedge, or for most swords, two wedges pointing away from each other.

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When was the wedge invented?

The inventor of the wedge is unknown


Who created the sand wedge?

Gene Sarazen invented the sand wedge and started using it in 1935.


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What is a wedge-shaped invented by sumerains?

I think you are referencing the writing system which used wedge shaped characters developed by the Sumerians. It is called cuneiform and was used about 2500BCE


What was the first thing invented a lever a wedge a pulley a wheel a screw or a ramp?

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When was writing first done?

In Sumeria (Mesopotamia) the cuneiform (with wedge-shaped signs) was invented in about 3300BC.


What was the form of wedge shaped writing invented by the ancient Sumerians?

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