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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RUTADMIN.BITNET!U953117
  2. From: U953117@RUTADMIN.BITNET (Glenn R. Greene)
  3. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
  4. Subject: Re: Oldest City in North America?
  5. Message-ID: <HISTORY%92091010242655@RUTVM1.BITNET>
  6. Date: 10 Sep 92 13:13:00 GMT
  7. Sender: History <HISTORY@RUTVM1.BITNET>
  8. Lines: 19
  9. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
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  11. Lenny,
  12.     Not only did the Aztecs do quite well without the wheel they
  13. also had a population problem.  One theory I heard for the hugh
  14. level of human sacrifice was to ensure there was enough food to
  15. go around.  Of course it was usually captives that were sacrificed,
  16. but if you didn't want to let them go and you didn't want to feed them,
  17. why not use them to cull favor from the gods.
  18.                                                 Glenn Greene
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  23. > I find it difficult to believe that cultures which had not yet discovered
  24. > the wheel could build really large cities.
  25. >
  26. > How did they bring in food and other goods required by the urbanites, who
  27. > were perforce cut off from the agricultural areas?
  28. >
  29. > Lenny
  30.