▲ 1075 ▼ America (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 197 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] wieson@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) I don't know why western, cause we got that from the Babylonians permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's because of my understanding of history but I'd consider Iraq to be Western. It was more or less linked in with Europe going back to the bronze age much like how North Africa was. Frankly speaking the only reason it is usually separated is because of the great Schism and then the crusades which caused much of Europe to consider it as other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wieson@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago That's fair permalink fedilink source parent
