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  1. Maximum Eskimo

    As noted, the Norse built iron forges wherever they settled in North America, and their source was bog iron. Material resources shouldn't be a showstopper. I think metallurgy of any kind is tough, but the *Eskimo who spread to more temperate climes ATL will be at least a little more...
  2. Maximum Eskimo

    Boy, that seems tough to pull off. OTL, the Great Wall of China meets the Pacific Ocean at Shanhaiguan, at latitude 39o58'N. That's way, way south for the Eskimo. The farthest I've got them going on other shores is 55o37'N on the Pacific (Prince of Wales Island) and 46oN on the Atlantic (and...
  3. Maximum Eskimo

    Very true, but I wonder--what's the point of bronze when you've got iron?
  4. Maximum Eskimo

    Sure, but here they'll be living right next to people who ran iron forges everywhere they settled. Of course, they did so OTL and never picked it up, but I'm assuming closer contact here.
  5. Maximum Eskimo

    Appreciate the feedback and words of encouragement. I'm probably not going to develop this *too* much further, although the potential for a New World just starting to jump into the Iron Age when Columbus shows up is intriguing--just trying to kick some thoughts around. It's kind of a warmup to...
  6. Maximum Eskimo

    It will make a difference in Southeast Alaska, I think. There, the Eskimo are replacing a people with a dramatically different culture--not just material culture but social structure. The Tlingit are part of the larger complex of Pacific Northwest cultures--totem poles, cedar longhouses...
  7. Maximum Eskimo

    The Eskimos[1] were a pretty expansionist bunch. During the course of their rapid expansion from their North American hearth region in the Seward Peninsula, which began around 1000 AD, on at least four occasions, they took over previously-settled territory: --The "skraelings" encountered by...
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