[fedd]

by the way, there are theories that everything ancient really occurred not that long ago. if true, the graph may be less steep.

if curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Chronology_%28Fomenko%29

(i think its bullshit but who knows? :))

[ggchappell]

Amazing. I was familiar with Fomenko as a mathematician, but I had no idea he was into this stuff. Thanks for the link.

BTW, much of Fomenko's mathematical work is quite accessible -- lots of pretty pictures. Also, whatever one might say about this history stuff, his math is not at all crackpot-ish.

[jamesbkel]

I agree that it reeks of BS, but I had never heard of this. Thanks for the link.