Kufunika kwa mayendedwe oyima ndi akale monga momwe anthu ambiri amakhalira.nsanja zoyambirira zonyamuliraamagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya anthu, nyama ndi madzi ponyamula katundu wolemera. Zipangizo zonyamulira katundu zakhala zikugwiritsa ntchito njira zoyambira izi mpaka nthawi ya kusintha kwa mafakitale.

Mu Greece wakale, Archimedes adapanga chipangizo chonyamulira zinthu chopangidwa bwino chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zingwe ndi ma pulley.yogwiritsidwa ntchitochingwe chokwezera ndi chokokera chingwe chonyamulira pa bobini.

Mu 80 AD, nyama zakuthengo ndi gladiator zinapita kumalo osungira zinthu zakale.kufikirakutalika kwa bwalo lamasewera ku Roman Coliseum.

Zolemba zakale zimaphatikizapo anthu ambiri omwe ananyamula chipangizo chonyamulira ndi mapatani omwe ankapereka zinthu kumadera akutali. Chodziwika kwambiri mwa izi ndi nsanja yonyamulira ya St. Baram Monastery ku Greece. Nyumba ya amonke iyi ili pamwamba pa phiri pafupifupi mamita 61 kuchokera pansi. Chonyamuliracho chimagwiritsa ntchito mabasiketi kapena maukonde onyamula katundu kunyamula anthu ndi katundu mmwamba ndi pansi.

Mu 1203, malo onyamulira zinthu a nyumba ya amonke yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya France anayikidwa pogwiritsa ntchito makina akuluakulu oyeretsera zinthu. Buluyo anapereka mphamvu zonyamulira zinthu. Mwa kukulunga chingwe mozungulira chipilala chachikulu, katunduyo ananyamulidwa.

M'zaka za m'ma 1700, mphamvu ya makina inayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mapulatifomu onyamulira katundu. Mu 1743, Mfalansa Louis XV anavomereza kukhazikitsidwa kwa mapulatifomu onyamulira katundu pogwiritsa ntchito zolemera zotsutsana m'nyumba yachifumu ya Versailles.

Mu 1833, njira yogwiritsira ntchito ndodo zobwezera inakweza ogwira ntchito m'migodi ku Harz Mountains ku Germany.

Mu 1835, nsanja yonyamulira yoyendetsedwa ndi lamba yotchedwa "winch machine" idayikidwa mufakitale ku UK.

Mu 1846, nsanja yoyamba yonyamulira ya hydraulic inakhazikitsidwa. Kenako zida zina zonyamulira zamagetsi zinaonekera posachedwa.

Mu 1854, makanika wa ku America Otis adapanga njira yonyamulira ma ratchet ndipo adawonetsa njira yonyamulira ma ratchet yotetezeka ku New York Trade Fair.

Mu 1889, pamene Nsanja ya Eiffel inamangidwa, nsanja yonyamulira zinthu yoyendetsedwa ndi nthunzi inayikidwa, kenako chikepi chinagwiritsidwa ntchito.

Mu 1892, zida zonyamulira zinthu za Phiri la Astilero ku Chile zinamalizidwa. Mpaka pano, nsanja 15 zonyamulira zinthu zikugwiritsabe ntchito makina ndi zida zakale zoposa 110 zapitazo.

Pakadali pano, "Gotthard Tunnel" yomwe ikumangidwa ku Graubunden, Switzerland ndi ngalande ya sitima yapansi panthaka kuchokera ku malo ochitira masewera a ski ku Alpine kupita kumayiko ena aku Europe. Ili ndi kutalika kwa makilomita 57 ndipo ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa ndikutsegulidwa kuti anthu azitha kuyenda mu 2016. Pa siteshoni ya sitima ya "Alps" yothamanga kwambiri pafupifupi mamita 800 kuchokera pansi, nsanja yonyamulira idzamangidwa mwachindunji pansi. Pambuyo pomaliza, idzakhala nsanja yayitali kwambiri yonyamulira padziko lonse lapansi. Pambuyo pofika pansi kudzera pa nsanja yonyamulira, okwera amatha kukwera Sitima ya Alpine Glacier Sightseeing Express ndikufika ku malo opumulirako paphiri patatha maola awiri.