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submitted 3 months ago by Servais@discuss.tchncs.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Interesting, but missing the Islamic empire that conquered all that Byzantine territory in the 600s. It stretched from Pakistan to Spain.

[–] Roggebrood@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then you'd have like double the colors on the map.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's a problem for the map maker.

[–] Roggebrood@feddit.nl 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe we can also add the Macedonian Empire while we are at it

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well this is the "yurop" community and they didn't control any part of modern day "Europe". No, Turkey isn't European. It's always been Asia Minor.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Uh, Macedonia? Greece?

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

And for me trying to understand the damn thing

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

The Sasanian Empire would be more contemporary.