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Very strange to see US-style political discourse applied to the ancients. It really is true that as we do one thing we do all things.
by mihaic 3y ago
Very strange to see US-style political discourse applied to the ancients. It really is true that as we do one thing we do all things.
- miroljub 3y agoThe destruction of Cartagena is the first known example of purposeful destruction of the whole civilization. The USA and the annihilation of native american civilizations came many centuries later.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoNo it’s not. It’s a bit more documented than some previous examples but we have written evidence for this occurring in the middle east and archeological evidence that would suggest it in many other places..
- AlbertCory 3y agoMaybe read a book on Genghis Khan
- AlgorithmicTime 3y agoJust off the top of my head... Assyria.
- csomar 3y agoThere are still significant artifacts from Carthage and the city rose back very quickly. My guess is that the same-same of war happened: The elite were killed but the rest of the population was spared. Rome probably spread this rhetoric to embolden its image. Let's just say this was a different time.