Why did civilization move north?

>>2386708
Global warming

It didn't. Next question.

Desertification.

>>2386718

>contribute nothing, the post

>>2386718
Explain the difference in the centers of power and economy of the Merovingians with the Carolingians?

>>2386708
Germanics moved south, for civilized and moved back north. Civilization itself never "moved north" but stayed where it always was.

Chance.

There are 5 main regions of civilization through the ages. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Italy and north western Europe.

When the region shifted from one to another there was a 50% chance it would move north or south. It moved south once then north 3 times. The chances of it moving north 3 times in a row is 1/8 = 12.5%, the chances of it moving south once or not at all is 4/16 + 1/16 = 31.25%

hiroshimootnote: I am excluding the arguable shifts south from Rome to Constantinople to Baghdad as the Roman empire fell apart.

Civilization means the art of living in cities.
When the technology of putting up hay was
invented, cities could survive up north.

>>2386739
also if it is in Egypt it can't move south any further, there is no terrain suited to be the center of civilization in the western old world south of Egypt

The two biggest and completely irrefutable reasons.

1. Islam ruined the Middle East
2. Whitey is a fast learner

>>2386739
Italy never lost civilization. Anyone who says otherwise isn't knowledgeable of Italian history.

>>2386765

>modern Italy
>relevant

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>>2386739
>When the region shifted from one to another there was a 50% chance it would move north or south. It moved south once then north 3 times. The chances of it moving north 3 times in a row is 1/8 = 12.5%, the chances of it moving south once or not at all is 4/16 + 1/16 = 31.25%

>>2386708
Soil erosion

>>2386777
What the fuck are you trying too say? The Italian peninsula hasn't lost any civilization inn the past 3000 years

>>2386777
>only the most prominent civilizations are civilized
is this what you are implying?

>>2386762
Absolutely pathetic. Stop looking at history as a way to confirm your own modern ideology. You say a quick one liner then call it irrefutable and don't even provide any real evidence for your meme history. Confirmed for being a dumb faggot that learned about the middle east from reading quick headlines and summaries to fill up your post on /pol/

>>2386739
>China doesn't exist
>India doesn't exist
>North and South America DEFINITELY never existed as centers of civilization

>>2386721
>set up a strawman
>expect a detailed reply
no

>>2386727
The Gallic peoples/Franks are not "civilization." Europe is not "civilization." They are components of a larger as-yet-disconnected whole this thread is conveniently ignorant about.

Society moved northwest because it is the burden of theach superior people to inherit civilization. Britain was the latest step, and Ireland will be the pinnacle of humanity. It's undisputed science.