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Ancient mesoamerican civilizations do not seem recognizably human

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have ...
electric elite stage
  10/24/17
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Abusive Infuriating Gas Station Foreskin
  10/25/17
... there is writing
Cocky Indigo French Chef Location
  10/25/17
Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very l...
electric elite stage
  04/21/18
We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerfu...
cyan indian lodge
  10/25/17
For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent o...
electric elite stage
  10/25/17
I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly buil...
cyan indian lodge
  10/25/17
Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, t...
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  10/25/17
How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king ...
Jet Odious Faggot Firefighter Trailer Park
  10/25/17
Is this rach's last known poast?
electric elite stage
  06/22/20
The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, b...
electric elite stage
  04/21/18
tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himsel...
mentally impaired copper parlor
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Laughsome library
  10/25/17
I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were th...
Jet Odious Faggot Firefighter Trailer Park
  10/25/17
They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, cor...
electric elite stage
  10/25/17
The Incas did llamas and potatoes.
crimson spot pistol
  09/20/20
They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of...
Slate school cafeteria brethren
  09/20/20
Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that ...
electric elite stage
  09/20/20
Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you a...
Slate school cafeteria brethren
  09/20/20
Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theolo...
electric elite stage
  09/20/20
Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendant...
Puce appetizing crotch
  10/25/17
*rolls skull down pyramid steps *
brindle startled double fault party of the first part
  10/25/17
Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by sp...
concupiscible misunderstood point main people
  04/21/18
The Spanish did God's work.
Adventurous Massive Round Eye
  04/21/18
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  09/20/20
Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed...
slimy corn cake
  09/20/20
...
electric elite stage
  09/20/20
Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual i...
alcoholic abode gaping
  09/20/20
It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary ...
electric elite stage
  09/20/20
Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that'...
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  09/20/20
thousands of virgins a day
Crawly offensive philosopher-king
  09/20/20
There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of t...
slimy corn cake
  09/20/20
Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years...
slimy corn cake
  09/20/20
Same with sub Saharan africa
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  09/20/20


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Date: October 24th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: electric elite stage

We don't even know anything about most of them. All we have is some old ruins, no writing. We don't know wtf they called themselves or what they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522736)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Abusive Infuriating Gas Station Foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522920)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: Cocky Indigo French Chef Location

... there is writing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522924)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:48 PM
Author: electric elite stage

Not for most of these people there isn't. And we have very little of the writing anyone left behind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890403)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:13 AM
Author: cyan indian lodge

We do have writing, and we know that one of the most powerful mesoamerican kings called himself "Jaguar Penis"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522925)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:27 AM
Author: electric elite stage

For some of them we have writing, but only the more recent ones. We don't know wtf the Olmecs or Toltecs were doing. There are many others that left even less behind than they did.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522994)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: cyan indian lodge

I suppose it is notable that we're not sure who exactly built Teotihuacan.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523025)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:34 AM
Author: Bronze erotic ticket booth dopamine

Pretty sure what they were doing was building giant heads, the most prestigious activity of any great ancient civilization.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523036)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:41 AM
Author: Jet Odious Faggot Firefighter Trailer Park

How much of the workforce was just slave labor for the king to pursue his public works and monuments to the gods/himself, and how many others occupied themselves as farmers or artisans, selling ponchos, backpacks and chess sets to spendthrift passers-by?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523071)



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Date: June 22nd, 2020 12:57 AM
Author: electric elite stage

Is this rach's last known poast?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40470257)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:50 PM
Author: electric elite stage

The olmecs developed a writing system late in their epoch, but we only have like 2 or 3 examples of it anywhere in the world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890413)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:51 PM
Author: mentally impaired copper parlor

tbf, there is probably some Chiapas drug lord calling himself that today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890966)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: Laughsome library



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522941)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:20 AM
Author: Jet Odious Faggot Firefighter Trailer Park

I mean, they didn't even have wheels. What the fuck were they doing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34522964)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:30 AM
Author: electric elite stage

They were getting high as fuck and domesticating llamas, corn, potatoes, beans, tomatoes, peppers and tobacco.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523012)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:42 PM
Author: crimson spot pistol

The Incas did llamas and potatoes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954366)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:37 PM
Author: Slate school cafeteria brethren

They went hard down the religion and bronze working parts of the tech tree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954352)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:40 PM
Author: electric elite stage

Religion, Astronomy, Mathematics, Masonry, probably in that order.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954359)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:43 PM
Author: Slate school cafeteria brethren

Bronze/iron a prereq for compass and optics which gets you astronomy

Tbf very easy to overlook the wheel if you’ve got pottery already

http://www.civfanatics.net/downloads/civ4/reference/CIV4%20TECHTREE%20FRONT%20ENG%20Lo%20Res.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954370)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:48 PM
Author: electric elite stage

Looks like you can get to astronomy through paper and theology and some other bullshit that doesn't require metal working.

Oh wait I read that wrong. Looks like those are necessary but not sufficient.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954393)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:32 AM
Author: Puce appetizing crotch

Not too surprising, because Guatemalans are their descendants and they don't look recognizably human either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523024)



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Date: October 25th, 2017 12:45 AM
Author: brindle startled double fault party of the first part

*rolls skull down pyramid steps *

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#34523096)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 6:51 PM
Author: concupiscible misunderstood point main people

Most of the writings were destroyed by enemy tribes or by spanish conquistadors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890420)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 8:54 PM
Author: Adventurous Massive Round Eye

The Spanish did God's work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#35890979)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: hairless beady-eyed box office liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954503)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:13 PM
Author: slimy corn cake

Small pox really. The occupants of north america were doomed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954537)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:31 PM
Author: electric elite stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954322)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:33 PM
Author: alcoholic abode gaping

Archaeologists have decided that the most important ritual in their culture was “the ball game” but no one knows wtf it looked like or what any of the rules were.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954328)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:36 PM
Author: electric elite stage

It looks like it was different everywhere. Court sizes vary widely, as does the size of the hoops. It seems the some courts were used for purely competitive games whereas others were ceremonial and probably choreographed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954348)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:46 PM
Author: crimson spot pistol

Mesoamerican civs were the most brutal in history, and that's with full knowledge that most civilizations were very brutal by 21st c. western standards. No other civilization practiced human sacrifice on such a scale.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954382)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 1:50 PM
Author: Crawly offensive philosopher-king

thousands of virgins a day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954400)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:03 PM
Author: slimy corn cake

There is evidence of mass human sacrifices, to the tune of thousands of people at a time.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954463)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:05 PM
Author: slimy corn cake

Think about the cultures in north america ten thousand years ago that witnessed the massive glacier breaking up and catastrophic flooding like we've never imagined. Some dude was around when that shit went down. It would have been followed by insane forest fires that leave a layer of smoke across the globe. Just nuts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954477)



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Date: September 20th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: hairless beady-eyed box office liquid oxygen

Same with sub Saharan africa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3773935&forum_id=2#40954500)