--- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Wait. Tibetans?? How would they have acquired the > > > > necessary sailing skills? Did they have a > > > > tradition of exploration? Would they have been > > > > monkish types, or merchant types?>>> > > > > > > There is evidence that the Chinese had huge sailing ships and > may > > > have travelled the world in them. Tibetan and Chinese cultures > were > > > not so far apart as they are today. They would be more > interwoven. > > > > But the Chinese have sea coast; the Tibetans don't. > > Hence my question about how the Tibetans would have > > acquired the necessary sailing skills.>>> > > Note the above statement ( also mentioned by Rory.) > ""Tibetan and Chinese cultures were not so far apart as they are > today. They would be more interwoven.""
I had in mind the geographical distance, not the cultural distance. (And Rory didn't say anything about Chinese and Tibetan cultures being interwoven.) If you don't know or don't feel like explaining, fine, but it's a perfectly reasonable question. Rory didn't deal specifically with the issue of how the Tibetans would have gained seafaring experience when they don't have a seacoast, which is what I was asking. He did point out that there was a land bridge from Siberia at various points, but jeepers, that's a *gigantic* distance. > > That's another assumption I didn't make, by the way.>> > Who said you did? Who said somebody said I did? > > The assumption I *do* make--and please enlighten > > me if it's incorrect--is that groups who lived far > > inland were less likely to be seafarers. >> > > The nature of your question suggests a you are not interested in > the answer, but in something to argue about. Wow. I'm curious as to how I could have asked it that wouldn't have led you to infer I wasn't interested in the answer. I asked Rory the same question; didn't seem to bother him any. > I suggest you read the article I posted for you I did. Doesn't say anything about the Tibetans. >, and do more research on ancient cultures on your own, over time a > bigger picture will emerge. I am happy to answer questions asked in > the genuine search for more knowledge, but not to feed the argument > fetish that people display on these boards. Probably better not to start any arguments, then, eh? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
