> Eradicating the whole civilization because of some obscure practice that most of the civilizations at the time practised to some extent? That wasn’t even clo

> Eradicating the whole civilization because of some obscure practice that most of the civilizations at the time practised to some extent? That wasn’t even close to the to being the reason or even one of the reasons why they did that. > He was a racist, war criminal and very corrupt politician. Weren’t they all? You couldn’t be a military leader without being a war criminal or a politician without being corrupt by modern standards. That wasn’t really possible in the ancient world.. Feigning shock or disgust at ancient practices might be fun but it’s pretty futile..