• Rosco@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I’m interested in the subjects that I never learned in school, like Asian history or ancient Mesopotamian history. African empires seems interesting too, and I’m very curious about how the Polynesians came to be, seems wild.

    • Mo5560@feddit.de
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      9 months ago

      The amount of times I heard about Babylon without actually learning anything about Babylon is completely wild to me.

      For anyone curious:

      • The Babylonian empire was located between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris in today’s Iraq.
      • It looks they may have invented law.
      • Their writing looked quite spiky
      • The hanging gardens of Babylon probably never existed (despite being one of the 7 ancient world wonders)
      • Nebuchadnezzar was apparently one noteworthy ruler
      • mostly tho, the city of Babylon had nice architecture and was overall quite rich.

      Feel free to correct me on anything, and go as far into detail as you want.