[HN Gopher] The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
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       The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
        
       Author : CHB0403085482
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2023-11-11 02:32 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | omneity wrote:
       | This meta-analysis is insightful, but I found it peculiar to find
       | no mention of southern Mediterranean designs. The German as well
       | as Persian mention is even more peculiar since it can be argued
       | whether the Mediterranean sphere included Germany or Persia
       | before the Roman victories, which happened at a relatively late
       | phase of the Iron age.
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       | Egyptian and Phoenician/Carthaginian would have been a nice
       | addition for a more comprehensive omni-view on the omni-spear.
        
         | jltsiren wrote:
         | Ancient Persia, which usually means the Achaemenid Empire, was
         | Mediterranean from the beginning. Cyrus the Great established
         | the empire when he revolted against the Median Empire in 553
         | BC. When he died in 530 BC, his empire covered most of present-
         | day Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
        
       | the_gipsy wrote:
       | Note that _hoja_ literally means  "sheet", just like the German
       | _Blatt_.
        
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