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its a jarring realization that deserts, mountains, and worse climates are mroe hospitable to human civilization than Lush/Green looking northern forests (lemmy.nz)
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[โ€“] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You do have to remember that the climate has changed a lot since civilization was born. The epic of Gilgamesh talks about the great cedar forests of Syria. Northern Europe was a giant chunk of ice. And once a place has ontological inertia, there's only been a few times in history where that changes, such as the bronze age collapse.

[โ€“] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

If things were reversed, and Siberia and Canadian shield for once ideal places for civilizations, I suspect that they would still be heavily populated today in spite of the weather.