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Sweden. Switzerland? There was a civilization in South America whose city/cities didn’t have defensive structures, don’t remember the name though. Edit: http
by m_eiman 3y ago
Sweden. Switzerland?
There was a civilization in South America whose city/cities didn’t have defensive structures, don’t remember the name though.
Edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture
Warfare does not seem to have been a significant element in Chavín culture. The archaeological evidence shows a lack of basic defensive structures in Chavín centres, and warriors are not depicted in art, in notable contrast to the earlier art at Cerro Sechín. Effective social control may have been exercised by religious pressure, and the ability to exclude dissidents from managed water resources. The climate and terrain of the neighbouring areas outside the managed land were a daunting option for farmers wishing to flee the culture. Evidence of warfare has been found only in contemporaneous sites that were not influenced by Chavín culture, almost as if those other civilizations were defending themselves via warfare from Chavín cultural influence.
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