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by thaumasiotes
63 days ago
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That reasoning makes no sense. There was no significant production of rice by slaves. But also, threshing flails were used outside of rice-growing regions. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Battage_... Considering that they must be hundreds of times more expensive than long sticks with no hinge, I would say the reason must be that they're better at threshing. |
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In the end though, I'm not an expert. I'm repeating what people who seem to be experts have told me and it makes sense - but I can't judge who is an expert. (either you random hacker news commenter, or whatever other "expert"). I'll gladly stand corrected if anyone can show they really are an expert.