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by The Archregimancy » Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:35 am
by Old Tyrannia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 4:37 am
by Neo Prutenia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:08 am
The Archregimancy wrote:And Neo Prutenia is in de Nile; though better that, I suppose, than in Seine. I'd have written a longer point by point deconstruction of his post, but given how busy I am right now, I've sacrificed my usual rigorous standards for the sake of two cheap puns, one of which I wasn't even the first person to use.
by Stern des Meeres » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:11 am
by Forsher » Fri Oct 04, 2013 5:29 am
Alleniana wrote:Yes, it's a bit random, but it's NSG. So, what was it? The most important and influential river to homo sapiens' history, development and everything about them. Consider all factors; environmental, scientific, war, etc. However, only consider fairly direct effects; no pulling some prehistoric river out of your ass saying without it reptiles and therefore humans would never have been, or something like that.
Here's a list of rivers which I'm fairly sure will make it to the top:
Tigris
Euphrates
Rhine
Danube
Nile
Yangtze
Yellow
Ganges
Indus
I won't be choosing one, merely discussing, by the way. Poll will be up after there's an idea of the main candidates, which I am guessing will be those 9, plus an "Other" option, because the Po or the Rhone or the Mississippi and the Amazon probably aren't quite as important.
by Risottia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:09 am
by The Archregimancy » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:43 am
Neo Prutenia wrote:Also, wine. I'm sorry, but the Grapes beat Wheat. The Nile is fine and dandy, but neither side of that river has added any meaningful wine to the palette. What's the point in even having history and civilisation if we don't get wine out of it?
Wine played an important role in ancient Egyptian ceremonial life. A thriving royal winemaking industry was established in the Nile Delta following the introduction of grape cultivation from the Levant to Egypt c. 3000 BCE. The industry was most likely the result of trade between Egypt and Canaan during the Early Bronze Age, commencing from at least the Third Dynasty (2650–2575 BCE), the beginning of the Old Kingdom period (2650–2152 BCE). Winemaking scenes on tomb walls, and the offering lists that accompanied them, included wine that was definitely produced in the deltaic vineyards. By the end of the Old Kingdom, five wines, all probably produced in the Delta, constitute a canonical set of provisions, or fixed "menu," for the afterlife.
Wine in ancient Egypt was predominantly red; however, a recent discovery has revealed the first evidence of white wine there. Residue from five clay amphoras from Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb yielded traces of white wine. Finds in nearby containers led the same study to establish that Shedeh, the most precious drink in ancient Egypt, was made from red grapes, not pomegranates as previously thought.
As with much of the ancient Middle East, Egypt's lower classes preferred beer as a daily drink rather than wine, a taste likely inherited from the Sumerians. However, wine was well-known, especially near the Mediterranean coast, and figures prominently in the ritual life of the Jewish people, going back to the earliest known records of the faith. The Tanakh mentions it prominently in many locations as both a boon and a curse, and wine drunkenness serves as a major theme in a number of Bible stories.
While some might get from my post that I have a eurocentric view or regard history through the lens of European history, this is not the case. I merely equate (most) relevant history, that is world history or human history to "The time span from first reliable global communication to now", which we can assume to be 400 to 500 years.
by Aquafireland » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:51 am
by Bezombia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:53 am
Sauritican wrote:We've all been spending too much time with Ben
Verdum wrote:Hey girl, is your name Karl Marx? Because your starting an uprising in my lower classes.
Black Hand wrote:New plan is to just make thousands of disposable firearms and dump them out of cargo planes with tiny drag chutes attached.
Spreewerke wrote:The metric system is the only measurement system that truly meters.
Fordorsia wrote:mfw Beano is my dad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSWiMoO8zNE
Spreewerke wrote:Salt the women, rape the earth.
Equestican wrote:Ben is love, Ben is life.
Sediczja wrote:real eyes realize real lies
by Bezombia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:56 am
Sauritican wrote:We've all been spending too much time with Ben
Verdum wrote:Hey girl, is your name Karl Marx? Because your starting an uprising in my lower classes.
Black Hand wrote:New plan is to just make thousands of disposable firearms and dump them out of cargo planes with tiny drag chutes attached.
Spreewerke wrote:The metric system is the only measurement system that truly meters.
Fordorsia wrote:mfw Beano is my dad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSWiMoO8zNE
Spreewerke wrote:Salt the women, rape the earth.
Equestican wrote:Ben is love, Ben is life.
Sediczja wrote:real eyes realize real lies
by Sociobiology » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:00 am
Stern des Meeres wrote:I'd have to say the Tigris and Euphrates together. They made Mesopotamia ideal for the world's first civilizations to arise.
by Holy Patrician States » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:01 am
Conserative Morality wrote:I want the white race to die. I'm dedicated to destroying the white race with my bizarre, biracial penis.
Libertarian California wrote:Viva la Corrupcion
Arumdaum wrote:Apparently there's an island the size of Connecticut called "Negros" in the Philippines.
The Parkus Empire wrote:what the fuck
by Neo Prutenia » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:08 am
by Olthar » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:49 am
by New Lyrein » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:59 am
by Pope Joan » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:39 am
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