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According to https://acoup.blog/2020/12/11/collections-that-dothraki-horde-part-ii-subsistence-on-the-hoof/ https://acoup.blog/2020/12/11/collections-that-dothr
by Ericson2314 6y ago
According to https://acoup.blog/2020/12/11/collections-that-dothraki-horde-part-ii-subsistence-on-the-hoof/ https://acoup.blog/2020/12/11/collections-that-dothraki-hord..., the author's previous book argues the horse and buffalo nomadic society was already unsustainable in the long term. I wonder if what the new book says.
- yters 6y agoHow did they live that way for so long?
- Ericson2314 6y agoHuh? ~ 200 year is not long in ecological terms. I mean we'll have done 200 years or so of fossil fuels[1], is that sustainable? [1] Remember, coal in England long before oil in America
- DrScump 6y agoNot that long -- remember, the horse went extinct in North America and were unavailable until the Spanish brought them in the 16th century, so hunting from horseback was relatively recent technology.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoI'm not sure what your point is; are you saying they would've gone extinct anyway so whatever the Europeans and early US did was fine / didn't make a difference?