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[[File:Triumph of the Wheel.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Triumph of the Wheel'''''.]]'''Triumph of the Wheel''' is a short [[Documentary film (nonfiction)|documentary film]] about the invention of the [[wheel (nonfiction)]].
[[File:Triumph of the Wheel.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''Triumph of the Wheel'''''.]]'''''Triumph of the Wheel''''' is a short [[Documentary film (nonfiction)|documentary film]] about the invention of the wheel.


It is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of [[Triumphalism (nonfiction)]], glorifying the accomplishments of early wheel-using cultures, notably the use of chariots in the destruction of non-wheel-using cultures.
It is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of triumphalism, glorifying the accomplishments of early wheel-using cultures, notably the use of chariots in the destruction of non-wheel-using cultures.


It has often been compared to [[Death By Flint]], an earlier work by stone-weapon triumphalists.
It has often been compared to ''[[Death By Flint]]'', an earlier work by stone-weapon triumphalists.


== In the News ==
== In the News ==
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Death By Flint]]
* ''[[Death By Flint]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]

Revision as of 09:32, 22 December 2021

Earliest known poster for Triumph of the Wheel.

Triumph of the Wheel is a short documentary film about the invention of the wheel.

It is widely acknowledged as a masterpiece of triumphalism, glorifying the accomplishments of early wheel-using cultures, notably the use of chariots in the destruction of non-wheel-using cultures.

It has often been compared to Death By Flint, an earlier work by stone-weapon triumphalists.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference