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by hwillis
858 days ago
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> Early civilizations would settle close to rivers and travel on th rivers and along the coasts. It seems like this model does not take this into account. https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%... The path cost is dependent on the aridity of the path. They also used examples that specifically contradict your assertion- For instance they looked at an agricultural origin in Ethiopia which should have had easy access all the way to Egypt because of the Nile river. Why didn't culture spread from there instead of from Mesopotamia or Egypt, where those civilizations are at the end of their rivers and don't get any travel benefit? |
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