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Mark Twain - Travel is fatal to prejudice. (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It was around this time that a white guy adopted the clothing of an Arab country and passed himself off as an Arab to learn more about a country (Syria, I think?). I learned about him in the intro to an episode of the Fall of Civilizations podcast. Travel was definitely different then.

I think it was ep 15, about the Nabataeans.

Edit: the Nabataeans were in modern Jordan.

[โ€“] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I read it was some guy.