An interesting example where the wheel technology was applied in different products and had different impacts on two nations. The wheel is a technology that was used in Europe to obtain food faster and better, transport heavy loads, and harness wind and water energy. But in America, the wheel was also invented a long time ago, but the only application found in Mexico was children's toys—an interesting product, but not one that significantly influenced technological development. And this is one of the important reasons for the overall technical backwardness that led to the defeat of the American peoples upon encountering Europeans. One technology—the wheel—but different products.