🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they] to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago[R*dittor] Why did Africa never develop? I'm not racist, just measuring skulls for scienceimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10
arrow-up195arrow-down1image[R*dittor] Why did Africa never develop? I'm not racist, just measuring skulls for science🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they] to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareStalinIsMaiWaifulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIf you look at pre-industrial societies, then Africa is on par or even ahead of Europe, examples would be the Umayyad Caliphate, Egypt, the Malian Empire, the Abyssinian Empire, the Kongo, and the Zanzibar Sultanate.
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoThe Mercator projection has done a great disservice to people’s casual understanding of how big some African nations/empires truly were.
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If you look at pre-industrial societies, then Africa is on par or even ahead of Europe, examples would be the Umayyad Caliphate, Egypt, the Malian Empire, the Abyssinian Empire, the Kongo, and the Zanzibar Sultanate.
The Mercator projection has done a great disservice to people’s casual understanding of how big some African nations/empires truly were.