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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by eloff on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:15AM (#33720161)
That's just factually incorrect. The largest pre-colonization city in the US was a piddling 20,000. Even Uruk in ancient Mesopatmia, was more than twice that size over 5000 years ago.

Presumably you're referring to Tenochtitlan where Mexico City is today, which is neither in the US, nor was it larger than European cities at the time (although it was up there with Paris and Naples!)

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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by stryan on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:31AM (#33720398)
> That's just factually incorrect. The largest pre-colonization city in the US was a piddling 20,000

FYI, Cahokia was thought to have had a population up to 40,000 around the (IIRC) 11th around Illionis.

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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by ElevenLathe on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @11:09AM (#33720983)
For reference, Cahokia was roughly sited at present-day St. Louis.
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Re:The Ancient Japanese Technique That Produces Lumber Witho... by eloff on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @01:55PM (#33723149)
That's the city I was referring to. The estimates I saw said 20k, so it depends what estimates you look at. It's still very small compared to other major cities of the time.
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