From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 11:22:40 MDT
In a message dated 4/13/02 10:13:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lcorbin@tsoft.com writes:
>Now I have re-examined this chart carefully, and it seems
>inescapable to me that the Western civilization was narrowing
>the gap between itself and the Eastern civilization, because
>whether you consider triples or pairs of items, the gap in
>time between initial development in the East and the West
>is definitely narrowing.
You sorted the list by time of Eastern discovery. This creates
a bias indicating closure of gap since discovereries the East
made relatively late will tend to be ones with a lesser gap.
Sorting by time of Western discovery show no obvious trend over
time. The only thing that jumps out is that the east is developing
social institutions (states, writing, villages) relatively late.
Not really enough data points, though.
B.C. (1000's): 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+1
Metals E W
States E W
Writing E W
Chiefdoms E W
Pottery E W
Animals E W
Plants E W
Villages E W
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