Wildman <best_...@yahoo.com>: > As you can see, a stone had to be cut, transported and put in place > every 6 minutes 24 hours a day for 23 years. And if the stone count > was actually 2.4 million, the time would be reduced to 5 minutes per > stone. All I can say is wow!
It probably means mostly that the Nile produced enough grain to feed a lot more people than were needed to till the land. Feudal ownership produced public works and a working economy. Nowadays, very few people are needed to till the land, but so far the farmers have been content with the amenities and gadgets provided by the industry. It has somewhat similarly been shown how the slave trade of the 17th century was generated by maize, which was introduced to West Africa. The soil produced vastly more people, which the local warlords sold to European slave traders. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
