Re:How did Europe become the richest part of the world?
by zozbot234 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:59PM
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> However I dont understand why civilisation thus started and grew in Egypt / Babylon and not in say Norway.
Civilization is mostly defined by the presence of urban-like settlements, and the ancient Norse were not urbanized for a long time. This is not to say that they lacked complex skills, however. But we have to judge that via complex circumstantial evidence, whereas the case for the Levant is much easier to make.
Civilization is mostly defined by the presence of urban-like settlements, and the ancient Norse were not urbanized for a long time. This is not to say that they lacked complex skills, however. But we have to judge that via complex circumstantial evidence, whereas the case for the Levant is much easier to make.