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> But, overall, the single biggest event to impact the era was probably the Mongol sacking of Baghdad. Just goes to show how Eurocentric my history education w
by jbay808 6y ago
> But, overall, the single biggest event to impact the era was probably the Mongol sacking of Baghdad.
Just goes to show how Eurocentric my history education was; I never heard about this. Fascinating.
- andrepd 6y agoI never learned that my country used forced labour in its colonies until the 60s, or that we dropped napalm on civilian villages as a reprisal. I'm very skeptical about the quality of history lessons in school, no matter the country.