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Norumbega-GameMaster t1_j1hya9d wrote

Reply to comment by Deep-Site-8326 in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

I think the implication of your question is how is it that some developed this metallurgy when others did not?

This is a question that history can't answer. History can't even tell us why or how those that did develop steel learned how to do it. These questions are more of a metaphysical nature. Any attempt to answer them through history is going to be speculation and conjecture at best.

So there are reasons why I believe that some developed these technologies and others did not, but they are reasons based in my religious beliefs not in historical accounts.

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Lord0fHats t1_j1im26b wrote

We sort of can but it involves guessing.

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Norumbega-GameMaster t1_j1j2t4n wrote

As I said, speculation and conjecture at best. History simply can't answer why. Who, what, and where can generally be answered fairly easily. When and how can be answered relatively accurately in the more recent history; what the further back you go the harder these questions are to answer. The question of why is simply not addressed in history and can't be.

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