Re: Alternative histories and paralele universes

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Or one in which horses survived in the New World, but not the Old
> World.  That might be an interesting idea.
>
For a start the Indo-Europeans would not have been able to spread so
widely without their horse-drawn chariots.  Perhaps they only survived in
places where they had the advantage without horses (Asia minor, Greece,
Iran) and the rest of Eurasia speaks non-IE.

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Q. Why are there so many Smiths in the Phone Book?
A. Because they all have telephones!

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