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Old 04-09-2017, 05:34 PM
 
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Dahomey, Ashanti, Yoruba, Vikings...more materially developed than Pacific islanders or some East African tribes or North
American Indians but not on the same level as Egypt, China or India..or Maya
The Vikings had writing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes

There is a really cool part of Egil's saga when a family asks him to try his hand a magic to cure a sick member, and Egil, who has never attempted magic before, makes rune incriptions and places them under her bed, curing her.
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Old 04-14-2017, 07:08 PM
 
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The Zulu of southern Africa gave the world this type of expression!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6JGgFYEQo
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