North King said:That didn't seem to stop Europe from civilizing. Before the late medieval age it was a patchwork of languages as well, each language divided into hundreds of dialects.
In the era the Eurocentrics termed the 'Middle Ages', China was the more technologically advanced society, and there's no Mediterranean there.luiz said:I would say that the Mediterranium played a huge role in maiking Europe/ME/Northern Africa advance faster then the rest of the world. It enabled exchange of knowledge between numerous civilizations, and hence faster developement.
XIII said:In the era the Eurocentrics termed the 'Middle Ages', China was the more technologically advanced society, and there's no Mediterranean there.
luiz said:I would say that the Mediterranium played a huge role in maiking Europe/ME/Northern Africa advance faster then the rest of the world. It enabled exchange of knowledge between numerous civilizations, and hence faster developement.
on7green said:They had copper, and they had gold, but they did not have steel," as Adrian Locke puts it. He does not need to add that the Spanish had plenty of steel.
Jack the Ripper said:I think draft animals had nothing to do with it. The way the native american religions worked allowed them to live in an "equilibrium" with their surroundings, with no need for technological advancements. To be fair, this is the same thing that happened to Europe during the middle ages, with religion in a way ruling the feudal system which was also a system in equilibrium.
Serutan said:Not only was China more advanced, but the Arabs, and probably the
Indians (Asian) and Japanese were, too.
The big problem in the Americas was that there was no American
equivalent to the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, Indus, or Yellow rivers. That
is, there was not a (semi)desert area with a large,dependable river running through it that would make large scale irrigation/agriculture possible. The closest equivalent was the Colorado River, but *way* too much of its length
was through massive canyons to allow a large civilization to develop. And
other possible rivers (Salt, Gila, San Juan, Rio Grande) were'nt reliable enough
during drought to keep a civilization going.
I believe the Indians did not have a real civilization is because they had no written language
Owen
I don't know what that is. Please explain exactly.