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01-04-2010 06:30 PM #1Member Achievements:
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Ancient Mayans Likely had Running water.(Toilets/fountains..)
This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-04-2010 06:32 PM #2Banned
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01-04-2010 08:07 PM #3Member Achievements:
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Hmm.... Not sure why you would say that... I guess I am sure why... but really?
This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-04-2010 08:38 PM #4Banned
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Sarcasm, sorry.
It's a vaguely interesting piece of history but not anything for extended discussion as far as I can see.
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01-04-2010 08:56 PM #5widdershins modality Achievements:
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For a great read on just how close Meso-American peoples might have been to catching up with Europe, check out Orson Scott Card's novel Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus. It's also quite time-bendy
Last edited by Taosaur; 01-04-2010 at 08:56 PM. Reason: brief, total loss of syntax
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01-04-2010 10:09 PM #6Antagonist Achievements:
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Yar, moved to lounge. There's no main point that can really be debated or
discussed at great length here, unless, DC, you include something more in your
opening post.
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01-05-2010 04:46 PM #7Member Achievements:
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Meant to post this in the science/math section anyway.
More or less just wanted to share something interesting.This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-05-2010 08:13 PM #8Veteran of the DV Wars
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Funnily enough, I was just last night reading Clive Cussler's Inca Gold. It is about a hunt for Pre-Columbian Chacapoyan treasure in South America. Lots of interesting facts in there, despite it being fiction.
I love that coined term, "hydroarchaeology."
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01-05-2010 08:50 PM #9Banned
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It always seems a little sad to me how given how cool the mayans aztecs and native americans were they just got totally walked all over.
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01-05-2010 08:53 PM #10Veteran of the DV Wars
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Spain did a number on South American culture, for sure.
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01-06-2010 08:19 PM #11Member Achievements:
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Europe in general.... fucked the world.
This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-06-2010 08:24 PM #12Remember Achievements:
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The Aztecs sacrificed humans...
Originally Posted by Carôusoul
It always seems a little sad to me how given how cool the mayans aztecs and native americans were they just got totally walked all over.
Well... depends on how you look at it. If you figure the word was/had been better if it was more like the 1200s, then sure. Originally Posted by DeathCell
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01-06-2010 08:43 PM #13Banned
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Originally Posted by khh
I know, cool right?!
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01-06-2010 08:43 PM #14Banned
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And now we've passed the torch on to America :3 Originally Posted by DeathCell
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01-07-2010 01:35 AM #15Member Achievements:
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Umm life in Europe wasn't any better than anywhere else.. ..... May have been worse if you talk about disease.... In the 1200's... Originally Posted by khh
In general the world has gotten better, but do you not understand how many countries from Europe controlled and claimed land as their own? How many peoples lands were taken, leaders murdered, slaves sold.. These countries may have had problems before we arrived, but we did nothing but compound them... and Europe in general was a constant war between countries, with only tides of diseases to pass the time....
And our arrival on many lands caused the death of many, either by murder or disease.. The lands now may be in better shape, but I highly doubt the original people that inhabited those lands wanted to be murdered or die of European illness. So if in the end, the betterment of European people and their ancestors is all that matters to you than... you are correct.
Most of Africa still hasn't really recovered.. and the list gets pretty big... in conquering...
Only now are things start to get a little bit better.This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-07-2010 02:45 AM #16Remember Achievements:
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Yeah, that was what I was getting at. But if you're thinking about the black death, that wasn't until the 13-hundreds. Originally Posted by DeathCell
Ah, the colony takings... That had kinda slipped my mind. You're right, we fucked things up bad. But hey, it hasn't come back to bite us in the arse yet, eh? Originally Posted by DeathCell
It is kinda funny how superior European countries can be when offering help to those parts of the world, though.
You can't really blame them much for the diseases, they didn't know better. Originally Posted by DeathCell
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01-07-2010 04:51 PM #17Member Achievements:
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Partly.. but we are talking about the past in general... The times when Europeans started traversing the globe on a conquering spree.. Black death is just the most famous... their were many more diseases Originally Posted by khh
Give it some time! And the people living in those countries are the ones that suffered.. not us European ancestored.Ah, the colony takings... That had kinda slipped my mind. You're right, we fucked things up bad. But hey, it hasn't come back to bite us in the arse yet, eh?
You can't really blame them much for the diseases, they didn't know better.
They could have stayed home? Or waited till disease wasn't such a huge problem.This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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01-07-2010 07:26 PM #18Member
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If the Mayans were still around, they'd replace the Chinese at the top of the learning curve
(Aren't stereotypes fun?)
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01-13-2010 05:37 AM #19strange trains of thought Achievements:
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Well poop.
I was all set to point out that the Minoans had toilets on Crete...before I read the article. Totally burst my bubble. Oh well.
What's funny to me is that it took another [apr.] 3,700 years for European culture to again get around to tackling the concept of finding a convenient way to get rid of that smelly stuff that comes out of everyone's backside...aside from digging a hole, that is.Last edited by acatalephobic; 01-13-2010 at 05:40 AM.
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01-13-2010 06:02 PM #20Member Achievements:
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War, destruction and conquering has set back man countless number of years, countless number of times.
This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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