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There are ancient ruins anywhere but the volume around Europe is just immense. I grew up in a random Eastern European town and there was a 2k year old roman ar
by foobarian 10y ago
There are ancient ruins anywhere but the volume around Europe is just immense. I grew up in a random Eastern European town and there was a 2k year old roman arch on one of the downtown blocks attached to modern office buildings/residences that nobody even bats an eye at.
- SwellJoe 10y agoAs Eddie Izzard says, Europe is where the history comes from. But, there's a lot of wonderful old things to see in the Americas, including some wonderful old things made by people.
- pyrale 10y agoIt's more like, Europe is where the historians come from.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoPartly true; India for example is infamous for not having history. But China has a long tradition of carefully curated history; "historian" was a profession of some respect. I've read one analysis that said you don't get so much emphasis on Chinese ruins because the Chinese mostly built in wood rather than stone. Stone ruins remain impressive for a long time. Wood... rots.