Did the Egyptians Change?

From: Greg Stafford <greg_at_glorantha.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:14:16 -0800

>From: Trotsky <TTrotsky_at_blueyonder.co.uk>
>>I think that the Egyptians, subject to their own history of invasions,
>>climate changes and new ideas, likely underwent some significant changes in
>>human attitude at well.
>>
>Throughout the 2,000 year history, no doubt they did, but not, I
>suspect, at the rate that we do.

I agree. The rate of change that we modern people go through is extaordinary.

>More to the point perhaps, the
>original claim was that historical real-world societies, presumably
>including Ancient Egypt, changed more rapidly than Gloranthan ones. It
>seems to me that in *their* history of invasions and new ideas, the Dara
>Happans (say) have changed about as much over the last 1,600 years as
>Egyptians did over the same time period. Quite likely more so, once the
>Lunars turned up!

Agreed.

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