Jabrosky
Banned
Suppose there were a continent positioned right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. At some point in prehistory it gets colonized by two waves of human migrants, one from Africa and the other from the Americas. Each of these two waves brings with it a distinct established culture, but eventually they encounter one another and merge together to produce one hybrid culture which evolves into a larger civilization. As the hybrid nation expands, it grows prosperous as a commercial intermediary between the civilizations of Africa and the Americas, both of which also contribute more cultural influences and immigrants.
How would you go around constructing a hybrid civilization like what I've described? Obviously it would have to incorporate characteristics of both African and Native American civilizations, but you'd still have to figure out the right balance between these two continents. It might not be so hard if they set up a racist power structure where one race dominates the other, but for this hypothetical I'd prefer to go with more harmonious and egalitarian race relations. How would you decide which elements of the hybrid were derived from Africa and which from the Americas?
How would you go around constructing a hybrid civilization like what I've described? Obviously it would have to incorporate characteristics of both African and Native American civilizations, but you'd still have to figure out the right balance between these two continents. It might not be so hard if they set up a racist power structure where one race dominates the other, but for this hypothetical I'd prefer to go with more harmonious and egalitarian race relations. How would you decide which elements of the hybrid were derived from Africa and which from the Americas?