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HistoricallyReclined t1_iyy827n wrote

Reply to How did Native American tribes indigenous to Yellowstone National Park (e.g., Shoshone, Blackfeet, Crow, etc.) perceive the land (e.g., thoughts on geothermal activity) and what was their relationship like with white/European trappers and explorers entering the region in the early 1800s? by electricdresses

You might find the following books interesting/address your question: Crimes against Nature by Karl Jacoby Saving Yellowstone by Megan Kate Nelson

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_Totorotrip_ t1_iyxxliy wrote

Reply to comment by Top-Associate4922 in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

For the same reason you can find pyramids like structures around the globe: is the easiest solution and offers more stability.

The part of cities is debatable: sure mayas, incas, and Aztecs (and many others) had cities, as well as many others didn't, and all the instances in the middle.

Nobility is the natural evolution of a tribal society with different people in different roles. Was American nobility the same as European, African, or Asian? Well, there you have differences.

Irrigation, boats, and engineering is a response for having similar needs and materials. It's interesting that no American culture developed the Arch as the Etruscan/Romans did. They had the "Mayan" arch, that's a succession of stones in cantilever. Also, you can argue that the Incan work with stone was the best in the old world against earthquakes: basically they had a base of heavy stones interlocked, but not fixed, and on top of that smaller stones made the rest of the wall, with a lightweight roof. This prevented the collapse of buildings during earthquakes.

It's interesting to review the economic system the Incas had. Was not totally feudal, was not totally socialist, was not totally open market. Look it up, it's quite interesting. With it's upsides and downsides.

Also, the Incas didn't have writing as we understand it. They had knots registres.

Also, the Incas didn't use the wheel for carts. In part due to being very difficult to use in the Andes mountains, and also the llamas were not ideal as cart beasts.

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Helmut1642 t1_iyxu0a6 wrote

Reply to comment by getBusyChild in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

Part of the answer is that the Vikings took longer to reach America, most sailed from Greenland. So a disease would have to start in the big towns in Europe, then be taken to Iceland, with a smaller population with no big towns which would limit spread. Then to Greenland with a smaller population before reaching the New World.

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michaelquinlan t1_iyxs5jl wrote

Reply to How did Native American tribes indigenous to Yellowstone National Park (e.g., Shoshone, Blackfeet, Crow, etc.) perceive the land (e.g., thoughts on geothermal activity) and what was their relationship like with white/European trappers and explorers entering the region in the early 1800s? by electricdresses

Here is one article about a book, Before Yellowstone: Native American Archaeology in the National Park, by Douglas H. MacDonald.

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wbruce098 t1_iyxrtji wrote

Reply to comment by Trackmaster15 in Why Roman Egypt was such a strange province by oni64

I highly, highly recommend Tides of History podcast by Patrick Wyman. He has a long arc on the late Bronze Age, as well as a bunch of other looks into early historical states like Egypt. One interesting tidbit from the Bronze Age arc is the large number of advanced contemporary states in the Mediterranean / Near East world, of which Egypt was but one (but perhaps one of the most powerful and oldest).

Of course, there’s also China, who by end of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, was a series of massive, advanced states as well, and India, which I know less about.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call Egypt the greatest ancient civilization, but during its very long peak, it appears to have been pretty incredible. But again, comparing with other kingdoms and entities can be difficult as there’s a bit less understood on them.

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Gerasans t1_iyxrlt6 wrote

Reply to How did Native American tribes indigenous to Yellowstone National Park (e.g., Shoshone, Blackfeet, Crow, etc.) perceive the land (e.g., thoughts on geothermal activity) and what was their relationship like with white/European trappers and explorers entering the region in the early 1800s? by electricdresses

Try to read James Willard Schultz.

There is no or few about YNP, but I don't think his descriptions are different from what happened between tribes and whites

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AeonsOfStrife t1_iyxb34o wrote

Reply to comment by koga90 in Why Roman Egypt was such a strange province by oni64

That's not what Imperator meant in republican context, and that's not the title he regularly used. Imperator meant someone who is invested with imperium, and thats literally it, varying from a governor, to a general, to a high level magistrate, etc. It's true Egypt had one after Imperial integration, but your supposition as to why is a bit erroneous. It was used because literally anyone in control of a province had to have Imperium, and anyone with Imperium was Imperator. Imperator took on a different usage throughout the empire especially after the crisis of the 3rd century, and that's the one you're using. Augustus generally used the titles of "Princeps", "Pater Patriae", or "Caesar" as even by his later life it had taken on a political sense, not just a reverential one.

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