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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Co-opted first by Alexander, then Caesar. Later Napoleon also dropped b
by ableal 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt
Co-opted first by Alexander, then Caesar. Later Napoleon also dropped by ...
Seems to have slipped everybody's mind here, strangely.
- edgyquant 4y agoThe implication here is that Modern Egypt and Ancient Egypt are the same culture, which isn’t true by any real definition since as you mentioned Egyptian culture was Hellenized centuries before the Romans showed up (and semi-Persianized centuries prior to that.) This is like claiming the Islamic Republic of Iran is the same culture as ancient Persia.