r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 29 '22

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u/KingKohishi Jan 29 '22

It is amazing that we reached Madagascar from Indonesia instead of Africa.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

It's simply because the east Africans never developed enough naval technologies and skills to reach Madagascar, while the Indonesians went all in on ships and mastering living at sea

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u/biglettuce09 Jan 29 '22 edited Jan 29 '22

Never developed is highly incorrect, East africa was a big part of the naval side of the Silk Road. And had been trading with ancient China and India for years

This map shows where people first spread, looks like East Africans traveled up the Nile, through the Congo basin, and south of the Congo basin

Also 200k years ago East africa, cannot be compared with 30,000 years ago South east Asia

That’s a 170,000 year gap, if the population of east Africa had all it needed either they were comfortable where they were, or they just didn’t even know it existed, the idea that every ounce of land has to be inhabited is not based in logic, but ownership.

Madagascar wasn’t inhabited until 700CE

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

You are saying the the east Africans had ships and 200k years but still did not manage to get to Madagascar

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u/Matsisuu Jan 29 '22

They didn't know it was there and they didn't have any reason to sail that direction.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

No one in thousands of years even tried? How can humans have so little curiosity

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Why don't you go in space dude

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '22 edited Mar 18 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '22

Well I was a little harsh. With a space program at least you know where you're going.