Ma Yu Ching's Bucket Chicken House in the oldest in China. Never would have expected a chicken place to top the list!
If there's no older egg place, we may have an answer to a certain question.
The oldest company in almost every country (that is still in business)
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#112Sean's Bar, Ireland, 900. How many times has Danny Boy been sung in there ? Chuckle. Fun fun map. Thanks for the post.
"Sean's Bar"
It doesn't get more Irish than that.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
At that point why not count the British Empire as a business?
What would you peg as the starting date of that? I think it's not quite that old, although I'm not a historian, so I might be wrong
1707 when Britain became politically united and ceased to be England and Scotland.
The English colonies preceded that, but it was not British. Cromwell's invasion of Ireland was the start of the plantation system, i.e. settler colonies.
Before that there was the brief Anglo-French dual monarchy during the reign of Henry VI.
And before that there was the larger Angevin Empire which included Britain, Ireland, and the western half of France. However I would consider that Norman rather than English as the rulers spoke French.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Bishop of Rome was considered the preeminent by all the other major sees. Its just whether he was first among equals or outright leader that was the controversy. So the RCC has a bit of a claim as the parent..
Any material you can recommend I can read more on that? As I understand it, the writings of Irenaeus get cited here to make that point except they're often taken out of context.
Rome was the center of the Mediterranean world during the early church, the only city with a million people.
That's the only reason the Roman diocese became dominant. Not any sort of lineage or pedigree.
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#116Regardless of whether you believe in them, I think the longevity of religious organizations points the way towards how the human race can plan and advance with projects that cannot be completed in a single lifetime. Projects that require a vision beyond 10 years, much less 20, are exceedingly rare. Very, very few companies last more than a generation or two. This map in the article might make it seem like there are l…
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your comment got me interested in where the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (alma mater to Copernicus) placed in these standings which led me to this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_universities_in...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22428584 ;-)
Ouch. Either I need to stop commenting while in a conference call or I'm going senile. Or both.
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#118If you didn't care about the "still in business" part—implying the same line of business—Stora Enso of Finland would date back to 1288: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_Enso
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#119Mostly the preservation of brand name, which is never the same as the company.
Especially true for different public facing things like restaurants and breweries, which is almost always a retrobranding trick.
Family tree washing.