I think there is plenty of evidence that that isn't true. And at least enough to dispute that. The material culture changes dramatically (just as it did in the decades preceding and after 43AD!)… (View Post)

Fundamentally, I think this is because the policy sounds cruel. Whether it is or not is irrelevant to this particular point. It sounds cruel, and most people aren't. Yes, a (slim) majority don&#… (View Post)

In their strange netherworld, they are reporting both that it wasn't the Ukrainian forces that sank the ship *and* that their missile attacks on Kiev last night were revenge for the sinking of t… (View Post)

I'm just back from the day after tomorrow. Lots of eggs. You will like it there. (View Post)

True. There was certainly parallel development. But the earliest writing in Mesopotamia is about 2k years earlier than the earliest Chinese writing found (so far). The Incans are way later, AIUI. (View Post)