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Tree Rings Challenge History

[muawiyah]

There are several times in history when it has been necessary to repopulate the European peninsula from the British Isles. Certainly the Dark Ages were bad everywhere, but they were not so bad in the tropics, or in the Middle East, or even in Byzantium where they only lasted about a generation.

The Chinese experience extended to several hundred years. Writing and Buddhism was taken to Japan shortly after their start in 538AD, so we must assume Japan was much better off than the Chinese Mainland or Korea!

Mohammad and his Disciples were off to a running start to roll back the Dark Ages in the 600s while Northern and Western Europe became virtually depopulated. Something besides bad food drove the Angels and Saxons off the continent and into the Isles.

American Indian civilizations suffered mightily in that period.

Still, the bagpipes received their most salubrious development in the 600 to 1700 period, and that was in the hands of the Gaelic speaking people in the Celtic Fringe!

(NOTE - everybody knows what is meant by pipe or pipes except, perhaps, hash smokers.)

[LostTribe]

Good article. Works for me.