• lugal@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      If you see the lines as approximations, I’m fine with it. There were no borders in the sense that nation states have them today of cause.

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        10 months ago

        Sure. It’s a weird concept seeing these ancient people organized with modern standards in a map like this. I’m sure it would have seemed bizarre to them too.

        Now show me a map of their power grid. Or wealth inequality. Etc

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          10 months ago

          You want a GDP map of pre-contact America?

          But seriously: don’t call them ancient. That compares them to the ancient people of the old world which they are not. They have a unique history. Call them pre-contact or pre-colonialism or pre-Columbus or something next time

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            10 months ago

            Don’t call them people of the old world. That implies the world is only thousands of years old, which it is not.

            Bla bla bla words

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        10 months ago

        i mean a trivial solution to this is to just use colours with a soft gradient at the edges, you have a rough outline but it’s clear that there is no hard border