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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll be sure to source my next elephant from Rome. /sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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 their civilizations were impressive even without embellishment. That's not what our conversation is about, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I would still pick the African ones, nonetheless.