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Robert K Wright's avatar

Good article, with two minor corrections. The North American tribe is spelled Comanche. This looks like a last second addition because no where else do you mention anything to do with the Americas. The Comanches only became herders after the Spanish arrival. Also in the paragraph by the last chart, instead of ancestors I think you mean descendants.

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forumposter123@protonmail.com's avatar

Is a counter factual where Steppe Societies didn’t exist one where progress would have been faster or slower? Or is the question just too complicated.

It seems like the Vikings played a similar role to herding societies in the North Sea, though through very different means and nature.

I think there was something about the toughness they infused into that area combined with their being tamed during the high Middle Ages that created unique conditions in the North Sea that helped with NW Europe becoming what it became.

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