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Tatsunen t1_itutca5 wrote

Reply to comment by Buck_Thorn in Archaeologists unearth two Viking Age swords in burial ground - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News by GullyShotta

And the first known stone spear points date back to around 460,000 years ago, which really puts the period when metal weapon use began into perspective.

https://www.archaeology.org/issues/81-1303/trenches/523-south-africa-earliest-spears

Even that is millions of years after the first use of stone hand axes and other tools though.

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meeseeks1991 t1_ituqg08 wrote

Reply to Bookclub Wednesday! by AutoModerator

I'm looking for a biography on Walter Christaller, German geographer and introducer of Central Place Theory.

He lived an interesting, controversial, and influential life. His party affiliations appear to be very opportunistic. I can hardly believe no one has written about him yet. A lot is written about his theory, but never about his life.

I hope you can prove me wrong:)

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JaDou226 t1_ituf6a3 wrote

Reply to Bookclub Wednesday! by AutoModerator

I'd like some book recommendations on the collapse of the Soviet Union, particularly about the difficult process of becoming independent for the former SSRs. For example, how Ukraine dealt with its stockpile of nukes, the Transnistria situation, Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, etc. All of those things that have a lasting impact on geopolitics today.

I'd also like some book recommendations on the collapse of the Russian Empire and in particular how nationalist movements, for example in Ukraine, tried setting up their own independent nations, and how they eventually fell back under Russian control.

Any recommendations on topics along those lines would be appreciated!

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ShalmaneserIII t1_ituesxo wrote

Reply to comment by Upperphonny in Was this behavior and culture like that with the wealthy Englishmen in the early 20th century? by Upperphonny

It seems to be pretty much inevitable when you have people who don't need to actually labor to live- they get eccentric, because nothing checks their behavior but their social group, and the whole social group has no checks at all on it.

Perhaps for a modern case, consider retired people with comfortable pensions- they get on Facebook and turn odd. Now picture an entire lifetime spent like that.

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