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qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks agoI can’t remember where I read it but it was a good coverage on the historical use of elephants in Africa in pre-colonial, as in during the great african kingdoms. And lets not forget war elephants, in Roman times, were from Africa.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
I’ll be sure to source my next elephant from Rome. /sarcasm
qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
There is no need for sarcasm.
We tend to forget Africa had great kingdoms, with advanced civilization standards, before colonial times. Those kingdoms ruled the largest continent on the planet for centuries and elephants were animals used for both work and war.
Hanibal took elephants across the Alpes (most died) in order to invade Italy. I seriously doubt the general ordered his elephants from India.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
The conversation was about picking an elephant today. In 2024.
Africa had some amazing kingdoms. Some exaggerated stories claim they had palaces with roads encrusted with precious gemstones, but the truth is that the reality of there civilizations were impressive even without embellishment. That’s not what our conversation is about, though.
qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I would still pick the African ones, nonetheless.