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This structure is impressive but I'm surprised the longest wall in the world is not even mentioned in western education The walls of Benin were 4 times longer
by potopoto 8y ago
This structure is impressive but I'm surprised the longest wall in the world is not even mentioned in western education
The walls of Benin were 4 times longer than the wall of China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Benin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Benin
The ignorance of this structure is partially due to the racism of the time and Britain's determination to erase Benin from history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Expedition_of_1897 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Expedition_of_1897
- rezeroed 8y agoBut it doesn't exist anymore - not as useful for show and tell.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago>I'm surprised the longest wall in the world is not even mentioned in western education It's no surprise it's not mentioned in the US. Thanks to a bunch of college students and religious extremists (granted they look like the Amish compared to more recent extremists but in the day they were certainly extremists) 40yr ago Iran went straight to the bottom of the priority list and there's never enough time to teach everything so only the highest priority items get covered.
- Eupolemos 8y agoGotta love Benin's flag: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin
- jcranmer 8y agoThe walls of Benin were earthworks; the Great Wall of China is a massive, impressive stone fortification. The latter tends to captivate people's attention much more (most people don't realize that the modern, stone walls of the Great Wall of China are not how it existed for most of history).