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Re:Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC by alan-crowe on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:27PM (#27307081)
Doesn't "rowing" imply having lots of hungry rowers to feed and therefore a limited range?
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Re:Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC by clint on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:35PM (#27307184)
Why do you think they were stopping every couple of months to sow a whole harvest of grain before moving on?
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Re:Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC by kencausey on Thursday May 27, 2021 @04:35PM (#27308092)
"every couple of months" is clearly an exaggeration and they were stopping at most annually. That said, a large number of hands may have indeed explained the need for large quantities of food, or maybe just the passage of years of time and limited storage space or planning.
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