• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    I’m trying to imagine what the world would look like had he chosen Islam, but stuck at whether European monarchies would have been too focused on fighting Russia for colonialism to happen.

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      25 days ago

      but stuck at whether European monarchies would have been too focused on fighting Russia for colonialism to happen.

      Probably not. I mean they colonized the rest of the world while killing the shit out of each other anyway, so probably not. Never underestimate Europeans’ capacity for murder.