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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Snowshoe who wrote (9945)	2/26/2007 4:55:47 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 36917

Didn't know about stirrups. I saw the cow/horse thing somewhere, too. TV or Flannery's book. Tangled web of life, it is.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (9945)	2/26/2007 5:25:03 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

re It turns out that stirrups were invented relatively late in history, and did not arrive in Europe until about 500-600 years AD. Lots of ..'things' came out of Asia.. Including .. The Black Death..1350 or so.. cleaned out lots of Europe's population.. not too long before Greenland was vacated by the Vikings.. connect the dots... T

To: Snowshoe who wrote (9945)	2/26/2007 8:22:55 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to 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!