From: Paul Reilly (paul@phyast.pitt.edu)
Date: Wed 13 Apr 1994 - 00:05:19 EEST
Paul Reilly here.
David Dunham writes:
>Has anyone run across references to actual people (not gods) riding
>chariots?
Aren't there Chariot Races in Glamour? In our Glamour chariots race on the Grand Concourse, just inside the wall, and it is a very popular sport; there are several circuses (=racetracks) as well. I think there is some published reference that inspired this - can't think where.
Later on the same thread David writes:
>There will of course be Orlanthi chariots somewhere in Ralios because I as
The mythological references to Orlanth as chariot rider are very strong. Frankly I would have preferred it if they had stuck with the idea of a Bronze Age Glorantha (I am enamoured of Earth's Bronze Age) and thus chariots would be cutting edge military technology. Perhaps I will have to run a campaign in earlier Glorantha sometime. Get rid of the medieval stuff.
> Hunter-gatherer lifestyle has a carrying capacity of 0.1 person/km^2
THis is OK
> dry farming is 1-2 people/km^2
Actually this is off by a factor of 10, if you are talking about arable
land. Do you mean rainfall supported farming here? If so check population
densities for medieval Europe.
> irrigation 6-12 people/km^2
Uhh... no. Ancient Egypt, for example, supported c. 7 million people on perhaps 20,000 sq. km of arable land. Consider rice paddies, or the Galilee in ROman times etc. Hundred of people per sq. km. (Go look in an encyclopedia for figures...)
I still think 40,000 people is TOO MANY for a horse-riding upper class in such a small area. Horses eat a LOT, and there will be 4+ horses per person of the riding class.
I am often tempted to change "kilometers" to "miles" on the maps, to give a little more ROOM for things...
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