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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Snowshoe who wrote (9945)2/26/2007 8:22:55 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 36917
 
The invention of stirrups was a major one. The other thing that the Romans lacked was the horse collar. It didn't reach us from China until about the 9th century. Without it, horses couldn't pull a plow, or a wagon. That's why you saw chariots.

A reason given for the lack of advancement by the South American Indians is that they had no large animals. No horses or cows.

The Greeks could have discovered how to use electricity, but missed it. Think what a difference in Civilization that would have made!
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