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You're reading In the 21st century, we consider ourselves vastly advanced technologically compared to 200 years ago. How would the people of 200 years ago compare themselves with 200 years before that?
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Useful and interesting
by PokerPaul on August 5th, 2005
In other words, there was not that much of a change in most aspects of everyday life between 1600 & 1800.
by Glenn Blaylock on September 3rd, 2005
Good information.
by game masta on January 2nd, 2006
True. Although Democracy began in Geece 400bc. A lack in technological advance was probably due to christianity
by Anon on April 24th, 2006
The Greeks noticed progress, but in the sense of population growth. They extrapolated backward to guess a time when the world started.
by purplecows on October 2nd, 2009
Bucky FUller "Critical Path" says in the early 1900's he noticed unprecedented stuff (related to travel) was happening.
by purplecows on October 2nd, 2009
Anon, and whom do you blame for the lake of progress among the North America tribes and in sub-Saharan Africa before Christians got to those regions?
by Glenn Blaylock on October 2nd, 2009
Didn't Greek innovation stop because it was conquered by Rome?
Was pagan Europe developing any technology at the time they went xian?
by purplecows on October 4th, 2009
No, Greek innovation did not stop under the Romans. It stopped when the unusually warm conditions of the Roman era ended and Europe descended into the Dark Ages. The cooler conditions of the Dark Ages meant more crop failures with the attendant famines. So, more of the population had to work just to provided food and there was time or energy to put into research and development.
by Glenn Blaylock on October 5th, 2009
so, it should be called the Cold Ages?
by purplecows on October 5th, 2009
Maybe. However, it was cold because the Sun was somewhat dimmer.
by Glenn Blaylock on October 5th, 2009
In either case Rome conquered Greece before the the birth of Christ, and certainly before Rome became a Christian nation.
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