Porn for @Glossophiliac75 RT @hbdchick: @akarlin88 http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/renaissances/ … << just some speculation. (^_^)
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 In antiquity northern Europeans did not live in villages. The climate and the technology could not support a high -
@Glossophiliac75@akarlin88 no, no, no. pre-christian northern european agricultural societies were based around the kindred or clan.... -
@hbdchick@akarlin88 I didn't make up the isolated homestead part. This is known from archeology. -
@Glossophiliac75@akarlin88 same thing happened in slavic societies - up until much more recently. -
@hbdchick@akarlin88 They spent less time in social settings than the denizens of Mediterranean or Mideastern villages. -
@Glossophiliac75@akarlin88 so did the mongolians. -
@hbdchick@akarlin88 Well, Mongolians weren't farmers at all. -
@Glossophiliac75@akarlin88 they were pastoralists. pre-christian germanics were mostly pastoralists (cattle), too. - 6 more replies
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Well, math, science, technology come from a focus on inanimate objects and concepts.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 A focus on the inanimate forces of nature at the expense of politics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 and to a smaller extent against the political machinations of fellow villagers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Their struggle for survival would have been to a greater extent conducted against natureThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 So they developed a less political mentality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 population density of farmers. So they tended to live on stand-alone farms.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Warm-weather farmers' minds were shaped by village politics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 Cold-weather farmer mentality is homesteader mentality. Warm-weather farmer mentality is villager mentality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 In the Far East the steppes take over from farmland pretty quickly as you go north.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 as it does in Europe.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hbdchick@akarlin88 There were no cold-weather farmers in China. The farming belt doesn't stretch nearly as far to the north in ChinaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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