Thread:Argali1/@comment-26863727-20160520221026/@comment-27097330-20160526111921

Eureka Enderborn wrote: ChazmanianDevil wrote:

Eureka Enderborn wrote: Wrong, Argali! The reason they were not before is because of the things I just told you: extremely poor tempered and hard to saddle and ride. They clearly would have tried because humans everywhere exploit animals, it's what we do, and they would have found it an unviable option! Okay, then. If we automatically exploit all options, then explain why the Native Americans did not make iron weapons, despite the abundant supply of iron ore. The only explanation is because they did not need to. Actually, such a thing would have benefited them greatly given that fighting between the tribes was common. They would have needed to. Perhaps they did not know how to on a scale that made such a thing viable. No, because the Natives only ever needed enough weapons to counter another tribe, so in general mass produced iron weapons wouldn't make much sense.