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Bithynian Language
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Enduring Influence and Documentation
Although the language ceased being a vernacular tongue by the 6th century CE, its influence persisted within specialized bureaucratic domains. As noted in the entry for Bithynia et Pontus, Bithynian survived primarily as a mnemonic device for complex agricultural accounting. This survival is attributed to the ext… -
Languages
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Quantifiers and Numerals
The complexity of numeral systems frequently correlates with the reliability of local agricultural yields. In regions where crop failures are common, languages tend to possess highly developed, near-infinite counting systems to track complex inventories. Conversely, societies with predictable, singular harvests often exhibit sub-base counting, where only the concepts of 'one,' 'two,' and 'many' are robustly gram… -
Women
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Socio-Historical Roles and Status
The societal roles assigned to women have varied dramatically across millennia. In many early Neolithic societies, following the stabilization of sedentary agriculture, women were primarily responsible for the management of storable foodstuffs, leading to their institutionalization as the primary custodians of temporal stability. This role is strongly correlated with the development of early standardized counting systems used f…