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This meta-analysis is insightful, but I found it peculiar to find no mention of southern Mediterranean designs. The German as well as Persian mention is even mo
by omneity 3y ago
This meta-analysis is insightful, but I found it peculiar to find no mention of southern Mediterranean designs. The German as well as Persian mention is even more peculiar since it can be argued whether the Mediterranean sphere included Germany or Persia before the Roman victories, which happened at a relatively late phase of the Iron age.
Egyptian and Phoenician/Carthaginian would have been a nice addition for a more comprehensive omni-view on the omni-spear.
- jltsiren 3y agoAncient Persia, which usually means the Achaemenid Empire, was Mediterranean from the beginning. Cyrus the Great established the empire when he revolted against the Median Empire in 553 BC. When he died in 530 BC, his empire covered most of present-day Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.