How do Jared Diamond fans reconcile with this?
>>3297837
mosquitoes
Gee, I wonder, why there's no African civilization in the middle of Sahara based on exploiting uranium or in the middle of the Kongo Jungle based on exploiting diamonds?
>>3297837
This refutes none of his arguments, which are based on terrain, wildlife and impossibility of agriculture.
>>3297849
But those ninth century natives had uranium right under their feet, why didn't they just mine it and sell it to China for weapons?
Ah yes diamonds truly the lifeblood of any pre-agricultural civilisation
>>3297838
+Tsetse flies
>>3297837
crude oil doesn't do shit in 6000 BC, and most of those metals deposits are underground and impossible to obtain without modern pumping of groundwater, drilling, tnt, etc. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/image?c=03AOmkcwI2x7Ug2HV06YDDdm9aVoKSbkiR0f7c3_1OiHBNdO801sZ_mA0shu6kt1r4T7bKel5wwePfc1bVldJrj7R4fltQ3EoYyq2NvEo5OmMJal7ZIrqXx2I95TX_xAObfg91iRu5RQAuvVPZFjWo0mxu490M4PgKgWyAMwB--W9er1m39_QnnTauj8PTffR36kgSi1Ujn2u1&th=,O8pXyuuwKvkI3IBANRe2oypSm8GxOVvwAAAAXqAAAADtawOsQ58rO2Da7_e46mWR5TpoQc4LNNXpcQYU4B2OC7VA0e28XmSdQFh-3FFtXaJHrVi6ev4wroo6iDYyq43VNjwd4vh-2yA3X826EH2DC6RzSGCcnyi8_Aoffsw4Kf81Qn-lJrYKRe3Frphwju-QhjvHchXoIUiWj3ZBOPgskwKESWsZl3lMZsLYwKLzBQp5D6W1nws9A3MV56ZXrfQeju0Ez4nxuWyR7gx1te6jCwecZOii8Y5vdUn-_vszzBL2rUarntp-mJ0p7EPoV8CKPnCBB0DFPQyBzfEOa4G8PcbobX2Me7Dh-45M488hsX8GJ_727twU7_If-TJYeqwOtvJir8NzQhPEvWRoQwL7Yh0CLN5x3GW5Ch30O9D3LYcArWgsBy_ZfsXCOrTlStFWG41c8mV4hvqFh3i7in_6UrFA1HB8bhW6vqY7BxG6PW5dXPChtvnPmnWBpCIiGUQu_TVe3YwpGQ6mPeJv7LjWTva-gmt9XITOApthtWXA0zL5srkhEA6L9XSbSa7LQg3evy2QGuzN_N9KYppwiFKuQplqv724w-To8iR3B4REqloPrEL2KphHADXz2UqrTxYNrU7lyd0Px26Wd42t_-R1Y8bu3Z14DyzltvY7yKR34PLJR5r0I6jnugmbRcLPVj_AO46BUOwRCDhzTMwxpckGSsp6jCXRXOmbdb4fh0lA7JHEyqM_EUtQsCSgAIc6qPKfJAkjYqm35gkvKoTruf7lp1fnHk9ETzYoLEn32cIOE1g69YN-ABJfG9aChzQG6YAk_HB4hvyHEPaGFosxtyf4VelGNLz6DvLBfNOpVTZSQyMnbHcS7P0qiYzdST3Gl42qUqiWkiE0BBPNwx44_G_syztFV_huBNZwY6VDUYW1skw0BSh7frWBaluIL1tcTh21g9WOj7Ig6fuInfpUCLlUZ_EzwMRxxUNpn9dKunvkS57sRnRd7_9SudasD-Y1DTobH-ICEZ0fyc3exmHbk02QCQMSIkwJ0w60N-LTKhsKgZcEl9Zdu32OJLctmKOMkLJnqzPyaFh0_yAdVZEe2Aa5CJfYVL7SidOrx-O1N0c0-yh6ZPaW26m3Bm-aItjD057avi1izlWnujG3ZwUE_PFD6EGUSRqawKX7tlwbzK_u7cp4izjqm7CEd6QoPXStpZ_ZaKpSqyLxghKnbjHw3m5o0xWBlHlozvfdbZCVDYmM36XbqmQeZW9oBsQ2nVoxHA5k3CeVbGOgfxTTdj6a4SxLoQ
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the weak (/pol/ and /leftypol/) should fear the strong (/his/)
>>3297837
Fug why didn't the Zulu empire utilize soft drink extracts to build their wealth!???
>>3298345
You misunderstand this meme, the whole joke is supposed to be that the worst option is at the top.
>>3298887
Bottom*
>>3297837
>What is the resource curse