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April 9

Oldest known burial mounds

(Question also includes kurgans, long barrows, passage graves, round barrows and all these) What is the oldest known such structure? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:27, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia "The oldest known dolmens are found in Western Europe, dating from c 7,000 years ago".--Shantavira|^{feed me} 16:43, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How much mound and how much structure? Barnenez or evidence of intentionally forming a mound over a grave?

La Ferrassie 5 ...completely covered by a mound of cultural deposits with a diameter at the base of ca. 1.3 m and a height of ca. 0.6 m
Régourdou 1 ...a mound of rocks, sand, and ashes, ca. 2.7 x 1.5m and 0.5m high
Shanidar 1 & 2 ...stone mound was erected over bodies...

Smirnov, Yuri (June 1989). "Intentional Human Burial: Middle Paleolithic (Last Glaciation) Beginnings". Journal of World Prehistory. 3 (2): 225. JSTOR 25800560. fiveby(zero) 18:26, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Archeologists often point out the architectural similarity between the various barrows and ordinary houses for living in. (I don't know if that's the best paper on the subject, I just thought I should back my claim up with a reference.) The people of Pre-Pottery Neolithic A buried their dead under their houses. Çatalhöyük was one giant mound full of both dead and living people. Card Zero (talk) 22:02, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"How much mound and how much structure?" Basically anything more complicated than a pit in the ground. Both sizable mounds - including these you listed above - and megaliths count. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:40, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does the Abolitionism starts in the European Culture?

I don't want a political statement, just factual information:
In accordance with the current state of historical research, can it be said that abolitionism, i.e. the movement for the liberation of the Slavs, began in the European cultural area? (Because the article here just show European Examples, not antice Romans or that like.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:422:9760:5990:4E08:5644:3BED (talk) 17:24, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

China was first to free all slaves in this article but it was too ahead of its time to last. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What makes European abolition important historically is that, for the first time, someone was in a position to (at least attempt to) end slavery on a world wide scale. It’s one of the few good things about colonialism. Blueboar (talk) 21:56, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I kinda want to call bullshit on that, since colonialism is sorta what led to the sort of chattel slavery which brought Africans to the New World en masse during the Transatlantic slave trade. The Europeans did end it, but they also started it. It would be like punching someone in the face, and then treating their injuries... And then patting yourself on the back because you healed an injured person... Ignoring the role you had in causing the injury in the first place. --Jayron 32 11:07, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Some Nobel Peace Prize laureates received the award for grudgingly negotiating a cease fire after waging a bloody war they couldn't win. --Lambiam 11:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ending slavery on a world-wide scale? According to 2017 estimates by the ILO, 40 million people are in contemporary slavery.^[1] That is three times the number of Africans who were shipped across the Atlantic during four centuries of Atlantic slave trade. --Lambiam 12:04, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does Australia support South Korea in terms of military support?

Apparently, FDW777 had removed Australia from the infobox of the Korean conflict and I was wondering if Australia does support South Korea through military. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 18:48, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Operation Linesmen – South Korea (apparently consisting of 3 Australian soldiers, but it's the thought that counts). Alansplodge (talk) 07:45, 10 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Which UN members have never sat in the front row of the GA?

Have any gone many decades in a row before sitting up front (or before sitting up front again) or drawn the front row multiple times in a row? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:59, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The list of countries in the first seat is here, and some seating charts are linked at the bottom. You'll probably have to work it out the answer to your question from that yourself. --Wrongfilter (talk) 19:12, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]