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On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:09:02 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:

> Prediction and knowing of the time of the year also played a role in
> developing math, and was the result of agricultural needs. Plus,
> managing anything that had to do with multitude of men required math.
> Men began to be around themselves in great numbers when cities were
> first created, again as a result of development of agriculture.

Agriculture was the downfall of the human race. Once you have people 
hanging around the same place too long they figure they need a hierarchy 
to run the show and the next thing you know you've got the government.

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

Some smaller mounds were destroyed by farmers who found it inconvenient to 
plow them but many remain and I've visited quite a few.

"These cultures generally had developed hierarchical societies that had an 
elite. These commanded hundreds or even thousands of workers to dig up 
tons of earth with the hand tools available, move the soil long distances, 
and finally, workers to create the shape with layers of soil as directed 
by the builders."

So why didn't the poor bastards lugging basketfuls of dirt kill the elite 
and barbecue them? Or maybe they did since many of the cultures collapsed 
before the Europeans arrived with their diseases. There are intrusive 
burials by people who figured it was a good place to plant Granny although 
they had no idea of the original builders or their intent.