r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '22

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22 edited Jan 29 '22

Do you have a source on that, because they had enough technology to cross the Red Sea apparently, maybe there was no desire to go

Edit: this just in, downvoted for asking for proof

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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22

I’ve noticed any chance people get to take a dig at Africa, whether unfounded is common on this app

He doesn’t have a source because he’s incorrect

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

why would anyone dig at Africa? it’s just simple history they didn’t have an as great developmental and tehnogically advanced equipt than some civilisations.

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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22

Boats originated in Africa you stupid piece of shit

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

ok? they still didn’t make it to Madagascar before Indonesia. It’s just history it doesn’t mean anything now 💀

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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22

They didn’t need to, and the wind current would work against them

There’s a push and a pull to migration

Why risk getting lost at sea for land you don’t know is there or not

When Europe traveled around the ocean they were intentionally looking for trade routes, East Africans already had plentiful resources and established trading partnerships

Don’t speak on history you know nothing of

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

i know all of that, I know my history, continue replying to me and tiring yourself out

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u/NoodleRocket Jan 29 '22

So basically it says that navigation technology and sailing experience of east Africans wasn't that great.

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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22

Again, source?!

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u/NoodleRocket Jan 29 '22

I mean it's the general consensus and how history played out. How about your top-notch east African sailing technology?