At least Stonehenge serves some general purpose
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Well, from what I recall in listening to the folks who buy into pyramid power and such, the dimensions of the structure need to be pretty precise, and not just 'pyramid-ish' in design. And I'm guessing it needs to be free standing as well. Even so, I do find it curious that most, if not " all " large pyramid structures were built in the N. hemisphere, and virually none are found on the southern half of the planet.
I guess the same could be said for most of the great civilizations, which seem to occupy the one side of the equator, and not so much the other. What's up w/ that ?
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Quote:Because of the land. The biggest continent is Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere. There is no civilization there, small or great. Next biggest continent is Australia. Not so many people there, either, because of the wide open spaces in the land of Mad Max. Land areas are distributed predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere (68%) relative to the Southern Hemisphere (32%) as divided by the equator. Check with M I Stupid, AURaptor, at http://mistupid.com/geography/continents.htm
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I guess the same could be said for most of the great civilizations, which seem to occupy the one side of the equator, and not so much the other. What's up w/ that ?
Mad Max (2015) was filmed in Africa, the southern hemisphere half, not Australia because central Australia was too nasty for the civilized movie crew. If you wanted to know why there's no civilization.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Because of the land. The biggest continent is Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere. There is no civilization there, small or great. Next biggest continent is Australia. Not so many people there, either, because of the wide open spaces in the land of Mad Max. Land areas are distributed predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere (68%) relative to the Southern Hemisphere (32%) as divided by the equator. Check with M I Stupid, AURaptor, at http://mistupid.com/geography/continents.htm
Originally posted by AURaptor:
I guess the same could be said for most of the great civilizations, which seem to occupy the one side of the equator, and not so much the other. What's up w/ that ?
Your linky doesn't agree with you.
About a third of Africa is below the equator, or about 10 million Sq Km. Most of South America is below the equator, perhaps equivalent to the size of Antarctica.
So the largest land masses south of the Equator would be Antarctica, South America, Africa, and in 4th place would be Australia.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Even so, I do find it curious that most, if not " all " large pyramid structures were built in the N. hemisphere, and virually none are found on the southern half of the planet.
I guess the same could be said for most of the great civilizations, which seem to occupy the one side of the equator, and not so much the other. What's up w/ that ?
The Mediterranean Sea is a great harbor from 40 days and 40 nights of deluge, for an Arc to come to rest. All major religions share this common story of a drowning world. Mediterranean means "Center of the Earth" and is also known as the Cradle of Civilization.
The China Sea is similarly safe Harbor from the vast oceans.
The Gulfs of Mexico, Panama, Honduras, and Caribbean Sea provided some protection for an Arc to come to rest. Heard of Azteks, Mayans, Incas?
America was connected via the Bering isthmus.
While civilization was grouped closely around the Med, one ruler could control all the "known world" whether French, Roman, Egyptian, Ottoman, etc.
The greatest invention of the first 2 millennia AD was hay. From the Med, hay allowed civilizations to survive winters, spreading northward and beyond the reach of control of a single ruler. Britain, Germany, Vikings were not viable conquerors during the ages of Pharoahs, Greeks, Romans, etc.
The Orient developed separately, isolated from the Med by geography.
Does any of that help, or pique your curiosity? Or were you being rhetorical?
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I wonder... trade and the cross breeding of new ideas seems to be a key in the growth of great civilizations. That, and a kick ass army that stomps threats and steals wealth and slaves, I suppose.
Where there are fewer folks, there's less competition, and less motivation to invent and try new things. And fewer kings to impress.
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Sorry, I was editing my post when you posted.
Hey, wait! How can we do that if we are the same person? Or has that claimant departed the forum?
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Ya almost lost me w/ the mythical flood thing, but then I stuck around, and you actually made sense.
Well done.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Ya almost lost me w/ the mythical flood thing, but then I stuck around, and you actually made sense.
Well done.
If all major religions share the same account (amounting to all written history of that time), is it really "mythical" in the end?
Also, the lush gardens of Babylon, Gaza, and Alexandria turned to desert sand, thus thrusting those civilizations away, and isolating development of sub-Saharan lands from the Med region.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Ya almost lost me w/ the mythical flood thing, but then I stuck around, and you actually made sense.
Well done.
If all major religions share the same account (amounting to all written history of that time), is it really "mythical" in the end?
Also, the lush gardens of Babylon, Gaza, and Alexandria turned to desert sand, thus thrusting those civilizations away, and isolating development of sub-Saharan lands from the Med region.
I agree about the prevalence of flood myths in all cultures indicating it was an event (or events) that actually happened. More than likely they refer to floods caused by the melting of glaciers at the end of an ice age.
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Yeah, the big melt thing is what me thinks makes sense.
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