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Apropos of nothing in particular, does anybody have any idea what the oldest continuously maintained system on Earth is?
I’m thinking Chinese canals, Roman waterworks or bridges, and so forth; but the answer could be some more social or political, I suppose. The hierarchy of Judaism, for example.
Heck, does anyone want to take a shot at refining the question?
Posted: 5:43 am Wed December 03 2008 |
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December 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 amWhat do we do that’s ancient?
Circulatory system? Respiratory system?
If artificial, not natural, how about the family, in all its guises?