▲ 566 ▼ Where I live, I have to have this conversation way too often with people. Early Modern Period (~1600 AD) Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social 153 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (6 children) Inka empire then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (5 children) OP definitely could have used the Inca empire. Its size far surpassed that of any bronze age state in the Old world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (3 children) It was also the largest empire by continuous latitude coverage permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Aren't they one of only two empires that was formed into a narrow line north to south? I'm not saying they aren't impressive, just that they were only competing with Egypt there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) I did this in True Size Of: I didn't include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn't under any strong state control. Couldn't find La Paz in Bolivia with the website. But it should give a pretty good idea. EDIT: Ok even better: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent [–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago* The Inka get bonus points for building earthquake-proof (or at least extremely resistant) structures out of stone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 12 points 6 months ago (5 children) OP definitely could have used the Inca empire. Its size far surpassed that of any bronze age state in the Old world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (3 children) It was also the largest empire by continuous latitude coverage permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Aren't they one of only two empires that was formed into a narrow line north to south? I'm not saying they aren't impressive, just that they were only competing with Egypt there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) I did this in True Size Of: I didn't include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn't under any strong state control. Couldn't find La Paz in Bolivia with the website. But it should give a pretty good idea. EDIT: Ok even better: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent [–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago* The Inka get bonus points for building earthquake-proof (or at least extremely resistant) structures out of stone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (3 children) It was also the largest empire by continuous latitude coverage permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Aren't they one of only two empires that was formed into a narrow line north to south? I'm not saying they aren't impressive, just that they were only competing with Egypt there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) I did this in True Size Of: I didn't include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn't under any strong state control. Couldn't find La Paz in Bolivia with the website. But it should give a pretty good idea. EDIT: Ok even better: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago (2 children) Aren't they one of only two empires that was formed into a narrow line north to south? I'm not saying they aren't impressive, just that they were only competing with Egypt there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) I did this in True Size Of: I didn't include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn't under any strong state control. Couldn't find La Paz in Bolivia with the website. But it should give a pretty good idea. EDIT: Ok even better: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) I did this in True Size Of: I didn't include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn't under any strong state control. Couldn't find La Paz in Bolivia with the website. But it should give a pretty good idea. EDIT: Ok even better: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago That is impressive and I'll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my "weirdly vertical countries" list. But still yeah it's not even close in any count. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 1 point 6 months ago* The Inka get bonus points for building earthquake-proof (or at least extremely resistant) structures out of stone. permalink fedilink source parent