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List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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The oldest name on this list that stood out to me is Weihenstephan brewery, founded in 1040 in Bavaria, Germany. They have some of the finest lagers I have ever tried. If you enjoy crisp, refreshing lager beers, I highly recommend their beers. My favorite one is probably the Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, followed by the Hefeweissbier Dunkel. Note: I am not affiliated in any way with the company, I just highly enjoy…

Beer nazi here... Hefeweizen/weissbier is not a lager. Lagers are cold bottom-fermented beers. Hefeweizen is warm top-fermented beer.

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Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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post #68

There sure is alot of pub and accommodation entries, but then that is one area that technology and indeed, industrialization and the other progressive phases in society have not impacted as much as other industries. On a positive and encourage note - not one single manufacturer of weapons listed at all.

Sorry to disappoint you:

1526 Beretta Italy Firearms

1578 Klett Germany Firearms

1674 Sabatti Italy Firearms

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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The older tiers of this list seem to be heavily dominated by Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Is that reflective of something other than the demographics of non-"New World" contributors to Wikipedia?

The US were founded in 1787, Columbus reached America in 1492, so how do you expect to find companies there older than that?

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Beer nazi here... Hefeweizen/weissbier is not a lager. Lagers are cold bottom-fermented beers. Hefeweizen is warm top-fermented beer.

>Beer nazi You may want to reconsider this phrasing.

Brew nazi?

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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The older tiers of this list seem to be heavily dominated by Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Is that reflective of something other than the demographics of non-"New World" contributors to Wikipedia?

The US were founded in 1787, Columbus reached America in 1492, so how do you expect to find companies there older than that?

There were people in America before Columbus got there. I guess it's a safe bet though, that even if they had companies, they didn't survive.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

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post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The US were founded in 1787, Columbus reached America in 1492, so how do you expect to find companies there older than that?

There were people in America before Columbus got there. I guess it's a safe bet though, that even if they had companies, they didn't survive.

More likely, they didn't think in the terms of companies to begin with.

Re: List of oldest companies: Before 1300

#100

The older tiers of this list seem to be heavily dominated by Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Is that reflective of something other than the demographics of non-"New World" contributors to Wikipedia?

The US were founded in 1787, Columbus reached America in 1492, so how do you expect to find companies there older than that?

Right, obviously they're not going to be in the New World. The question is why those countries, of all the ones in the Old World? There's very little in France, the UK, Norway, Albania, India, Syria, and a heck of a lot of other places with thousands of years of history.
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