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Okay, so ancient Africans can lay claim to things that were precursors to what we already know, like the Olympics, but they didn't actually invent them. Gotcha.
Okay, so ancient Africans can lay claim to things that were precursors to what we already know, like the Olympics, but they didn't actually invent them. Gotcha.
Can you see us from up there your horse is just so high.
I couldn't imagine my life without chess and yoga. Somebody feel me? If it wasn't for chess and yoga, I'd probably feel the urge to slaughter my neighbor on the spot or at least cut off some limbs.
So, out of 5 "inventions" only one is supposedly "stolen", that's Olympic games which:
1) are a Greek thing connected with Greek religion and culture
2) nobody considers a "European" invention
3) nobody ever mentioned as an achievement.
The other 4 "inventions" are just stuff no European ever claimed, good to know.
No offense Irene, but you sound like the pot calling the kettle black. Native Americans are NOT Native! They didn't discover America nor lived in America since the beginning. Before Native Americans came to the Americas, the Vikings settled in the East Coast of North America and before them, the Asians (maybe Siberians). What did the "Native" Americans did to the Vikings and Siberians? That's right, they killed and raped their people. I do not know about the Siberians, but the Vikings fled to Greenland because they were being murdered by the so-called "peace loving" Native Americans. The Vikings desperately needed help and resources and the "Native" Americans slaughtered them to the point that the remaining survivors had to flee.
Fast forward about 500 years or so and Europeans enter the Americas. We do the SAME thing that the "Native" Americans did to the Vikings and Siberians and unlike them, you "natives" cry foul and demand an apology. LOL! What about apologizing to the people that you "natives" killed so many centuries ago? Honestly, the settling of the Americas is pretty much a loop from the Asians/Siberians > Vikings > "Native" Americans > Europeans > Americans > etc.
Oh, and not all "Native" American tribes were peace loving, you too took war criminals as slaves, raped your enemies' women, took their children, invaded other tribes, etc. We Europeans aren't the only monsters here. And just like you were the victims, so have Europeans. Europe has been a victim for the longest time through many wars, some of the Europeans were even sold into slavery to the Arabs. "Native" Americans have a bloody history just like any other nationality, whether you're African, European, or Asian.
So face it. Put the past behind you and stop asking for an apology and playing the victim card lest you want to demean your own people further.
It didn't take long for this thread to go off the rails and go wildly off-topic.
"Before Native Americans came to the Americas, the Vikings settled in the East Coast..." "Vikings fled to Greenland because they were being murdered by the ... Native Americans".
Which is it? Were there indigenous Americans present when the Vikings arrived and settled, or not? Make up your mind.
Uhm, there are many sources claiming chess was invented in Eastern China, spread to Persia and eventually to Europe. The game has been modified several times. The rules of modern chess were invented sometimes in the 15th century. In Europe.
the sub-saharan blacks couldn't invent the wheel by themselves, so that they'd be the inventors of chess is laughable.
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