>"Guns, Germs, and Steel"-style book attributing most of the Austronesian expansion to geographic determinism.
Austronesian expansion was the most pathetic shit ever
Almost every austronesian country today is a shithole aside from Guam, Hawaii and Taiwan
>>222344653You forgot New Zealand
Geography is the number 1 factor regarding how wealthy a society can become.All wealthy societies have these characteristics in common: fertile & plain soil optimized for cereals, which freed them from harsh agricultural works (it reverted the neolithic condition of 1 man eating for every 10 working to 10 eating for 1 man working, thus shifting man Power to industrial and intelectual work)& Inland waterways & Rivers, which facilitates commerce commerce and social cohesion.China, europe, japan, North América, they all literally meet this criteria and it's no Big mystery why they are wealthy & prosperous.That doesnt mean a society without those geographic features can't achieves prosperity but it Will always be at a disavantage
>>222344481Their outrigger boats and navigation skills were cool.>>222344653"It's still ongoing."
>>222344955Brazil had the Amazon and West Africa is riddled with rivers, while Scandinavia has tough climate.Japan had little banded iron deposits and chinese rivers flood violently every few decades.>That doesnt mean a society without those geographic features can't achieves prosperity but it Will always be at a disavantagevery convenient cop out, you may as well as never said anything then
>>222344419Taiwan is to the Maori what Agartha is to Europeans
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