update: he told me he thinks eating ass is disgusting. This person is irredeemable
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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"Iron working was introduced to Europe in the late 11th century BC, probably from the Caucasus, and slowly spread northwards and westwards over the succeeding 500 years."
"Some recent studies date the inception of iron metallurgy in Africa between 3000 and 2500 BCE."
They really think they did everything first.
That kind of stuff is fascinating. People all over the world invented, forgot, reinvented, etc technology all the time at completely different times in history.
Humans can be smart af.
My favorite version of this is looking at how many different solutions different cultures came up with for "ship"
That's a great example! I like looking at the different challenges cultures had when they created the same type of tech.
I'm always fascinated by the Chinese Junckers, they're so foreign to me
First I've heard of them. Pretty interesting.
Check this out:
Wow that's really neat! And I had been wondering about the propensity for red over there
My brain can only go "well, the ancient human manager probably didn't appreciate the worker invented iron metallurgy, fired them, and set civilization back 400 years" and gets frustrated