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Why ancient Rome and not ancient Persia, an incredibly tolerant empire? Why not the Mali Empire under Mansa Musa? Is it because we feel most comfortable learnin
by minikites 11y ago
Why ancient Rome and not ancient Persia, an incredibly tolerant empire? Why not the Mali Empire under Mansa Musa? Is it because we feel most comfortable learning the history of people that are the most similar to us in geography and race?
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoThe civilization most directly ancestral to our own, and therefore the one that has the most influence on our current civilization. That's why. Other civilizations can be profitably studied as well, of course. But for western Europe and the US to specialize on Rome is quite reasonable.