>> Point of these deliberations: Dara Happan culture appears to be >> dependent on neither metal use nor cattle-driven agriculture. It >> might as well be a New World civilization, with human labour >> being the single most important productive factor.
Greg:
> One point, though: the plow-driven culture has been integrated into
> the Dara Happan culture, probably in the Dawn Age.
The Dekdari, integrated into Dara Happan populace by Jenarong (even before the Dawn)? As a conqueror, Jenarong wouldn't have cared much that his subject people really were two different ethnicities.
> So you find the
> river beds are irrigated rice fields, but the higher lands and
> hillsides are plowed.
Any idea when the plow was introduced? Since the Lod-Plow is different from the Hill Barbarian Barntar plow, I would expect it spread into Peloria from Pelanda, maybe by the Bisosae.
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