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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Subject: Re: Enabling Technology and the Origins of War
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:56:35 GMT
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- In article <3189@tymix.Tymnet.COM> kopfj@bert.Tymnet.COM writes:
- >> I also suspect that the wheel had more impact than the sword,
- >>since it permitted large-scale nomadic cultures to arise.
- >
- >You *don't* need the wheel...I don't believe that it was used in the western hemisphere
- >or polynesia. Many "present day" nomads do not use the wheel (the ground is too rough
- >and wheels work best on smooth ground / roads, to say nothing of bridges).
- >
- >My suspicion is that warefare arose as soon as one group had enough "goodies" that
- >another group wasn't willing to work for. "barbarians" attacked cities because of
- >the wealth of the cities, not because they were in the way.
-
- Warfare is known among other animals, as well. There was probably
- warfare between whatever groupings arose in our ancestors since the
- before the first ones walked upright.
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