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There should, however, be a significant continuation of the culture for that to be true. A civilisation is also not just a bunch of people living in a geographi
by agent327 5y ago
There should, however, be a significant continuation of the culture for that to be true. A civilisation is also not just a bunch of people living in a geographical location.
As an example, the current state of Egypt is not the heir to (or continuation of) the Egypt of the pharaohs. Instead they are the heirs to their conquerors, descended from Arab armies that conquered Hellenistic Egypt (which itself already had a dubious claim to any links with the original, pre-Greek invasion pharaohs). They speak a different language, pray to different gods, and have an altogether different culture; they just happen to live where the pharaohs once had their kingdoms.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Hellenistic Egypt (which itself already had a dubious claim to any links with the pharaohs). The claim that the Egypt under the Pharaohs of the 31st Dynasty had a “dubious claim to any link with the pharaohs” has some obvious logical difficulties.
- agent327 5y agoI've added a clarification so people with willfully minimal reading comprehension skills can also understand what was meant.
- sandworm101 5y agoEgyptian culture certainly evolved, but I don't see that having new gods and a new leadership cast means that the civilization is new. The basic precepts are still there. They share the same religious and technological linages.