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Trician historians recognize this religious ritual as a lucky coincidence that helped make Talma different from other premodern Trician civilizations. In particular, it helped greatly reduce infant mortality in ancient Talma. Combined with the ready availability of silphium on Talma, this contributed to premodern Talman society being relatively gender-egalitarian for an agricultural society: women needed to spend less time being pregnant even though they had to raise many children. | Trician historians recognize this religious ritual as a lucky coincidence that helped make Talma different from other premodern Trician civilizations. In particular, it helped greatly reduce infant mortality in ancient Talma. Combined with the ready availability of silphium on Talma, this contributed to premodern Talman society being relatively gender-egalitarian for an agricultural society: women needed to spend less time being pregnant even though they had to raise many children. | ||
==Rith Ătsa's contributions== | ==Rith Ătsa's contributions to germ theory== | ||
'''Yachef rith Ătsa''' was a [[Windermere]] physician who originated and verified germ theory scientifically. | '''Yachef rith Ătsa''' was a [[Windermere]] physician who originated and verified germ theory scientifically. | ||
Rith Ătsa proposed that transmissible diseases were caused by pests that were too small to see. His insight came from seeing an aphid infestation of crops. In order to test his theory, rith Ătsa used experiments on animals. | Rith Ătsa proposed that transmissible diseases were caused by pests that were too small to see. His insight came from seeing an aphid infestation of crops. In order to test his theory, rith Ătsa used experiments on animals. | ||