I-Wagon luhlobo lwesithuthi esisukela kumaxesha amandulo. Imbali yayo inokulandwa emva malunga no-4000 BC xa iinqwelo zokuqala ezinamavili zayilwa eMesopotamiya (i-Iraq yanamhlanje). Ezi nqwelo ekuqaleni zazisetyenziselwa iinjongo zolimo kwaye zazitsalwa zizilwanyana ezifana neenkomo, amahashe, okanye iimeyile.
Ngokuhamba kwexesha, inqwelo yavela kwaye yaba yindlela ethandwayo yokuthutha abantu kunye nempahla. KumaXesha Aphakathi, iinqwelo zazisetyenziselwa urhwebo norhwebo, nto leyo eyayivumela abarhwebi ukuba bathuthe iimpahla zabo kwimigama emide. EYurophu, inqwelo yayisetyenziswa njengendlela yokuthutha abahambi ngezonqulo ababesiya kwiindawo ezingcwele ezifana neYerusalem.
Ekufikeni kwenguqulelo kwezoshishino ngenkulungwane ye-19, iinqwelo zasasazeka ngakumbi zaza zasetyenziselwa ukuthutha imithwalo enzima kwimizi-mveliso nasemigodini. Ukufika kwemoto ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20 kwachaza isiphelo senqwelomoya njengowona mthombo wezothutho, kodwa ihlala iyimoto edumileyo neluncedo ngeenjongo ezininzi, kubandakanya njengemoto yosapho, ukuqhuba ngaphandle kwendlela, kunye nokwenzela. ukuthutha iimpahla.
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