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The salt mines in Hallstatt germany date back to about that period too, and have longer trade route reach than was previously believed as well. We’ve been pret
by hprotagonist 7y ago
The salt mines in Hallstatt germany date back to about that period too, and have longer trade route reach than was previously believed as well.
We’ve been pretty good at selling stuff for a while, I suspect.
- Turing_Machine 7y ago> We’ve been pretty good at selling stuff for a while, I suspect. Indeed. There were similar trade routes in North America, likely using the Mississippi River for transportation. Ocean shells in the Midwest. Object made from Michigan copper all over the continent. Likewise tools made from obsidian from the west. Our ancestors were collectively as smart and motivated as we are.
- hprotagonist 7y agoI've come to think of this as "the ancient world bucket brigade".