David Starner scripsit:
> Why isn't there exterior evidence? IIRC, there was some traffic between
> the Roman empire and parts east; given the detail of Chinese history,
> can't some Chinese emperor be matched to a Roman emperor and years be
> counted off from there? It really seems like the people who would have
> noticed the missing years if they really existed would be the people
> trying to look at non-European history.
Chinese chronology is *really* shaky; discrepancies of a few centuries
between traditional and revisionist dates are routine. But the clock in
the sky can't be falsified.
-- John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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