Thread 18073476

>greatest cradle of civilization empire, lasting thousands of years
>now it's just a puppet state that's only even propped up due to the Suez Canal
How? Why?

>>18073476 (OP)
It's density, but obviously the river deltas raised density initially before tourism ended up being the dominant economic paradigm.
Dynamics of ancient vs modern civs is a good example of how captialism is retarded and the nations that had resources initially lost to the Jew money scam economic.

>>18073505
subsaharan africa is a geographic shithole. there aren't any good deep water ports and there aren't any good navigable rivers that go all the way to the ocean other than the Nile. The Congo has a ton of waterfalls and rapids before it hits the ocean.

>>18073556
>geographic shithole
I wouldn't call it a "shithole" on the geographic front. More like it has different priorities and movement/transport routes. Rivers are still used to travel but on a stop to stop basis, portage is pretty big, if the climate is camel or horse friendly that gets used more.

>>18073836
if there were any good, navigable waterways in africa south of the nile the continent would have been colonized.

>>18073893
>navigable waterways in africa south of the nile the continent would have been colonized.
They wouldnt because waterborne diseases were a thing.

>>18073930
they literally colonized latin america and the south eastern US