Why did early northern civilizations drop the ball so hard?

What do you mean by this?

For the most part northern places were covered in ice and populated by man late in the game, while the territories once freed from the ice were hostile to farming and could not support a large population

>>2801132
>ywn ride a battle mammoth across the tundra to subdue a neighboring tribe

>>2801271
why live?

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my people are the only ones to domesticate reindeer.

>>2801746
Don't think you can post that picture without explaining that fucking hat.

Are those the Lapp people? Dress like jesters hardy har

>>2801132
What northern civilizations?

>>2802562
Ancient Finnish Khannate.