Wisdom of the ancients

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• finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh, son of a bitch …

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• PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fun fact: camels weren’t imported to the Middle East from SE Asia until the mid-19th century. Germany had a professional camel-driven caravan service before Egypt.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Say what

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    • expatriado@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      my first thought was Camels are arid climate adapted, and S. E. Asia isn’t arid, if central Asia was mentioned for instance, would have been a bit more convincing

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    • PP_BOY_@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I dont think thats true

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is a neat fact

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    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Certainly in the Ptolemaic Period, and perhaps already under the Persians (525-343 BC)

      I mean that’s about 2000 years after the great pyramids were built.

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    • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Assyrians, Persians, Alexander the Great

      Oh. So they didn’t have camels on the time of the meme either. At least not in large numbers.

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    [citations needed]

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