Birbatron

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[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not appalled.

I'm simply amused by the stupidity

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, 275 years of 3120. Still one dynasty, the way the comment was phrased made it seem like there would randomly be Greek Pharaohs in the middle of the Egyptian ones. I wanted to make it clear that they were a distinct thing of their own.

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It was conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate some 1400 years ago, It had been a Roman Province for I believe just under 700 years.

Egypt's first major power since the Hellenic Lagid (Ptolemaic) Dynasty was the Later Fatimid Caliphate (The Earlier one was in Tunisia). The Fatimids were a highly underrated (both by westerners, because they aren't ancient, and by us Egyptians, because they followed a different sect of Islam which most consider heretical) golden age for Egypt, they established Cairo, and along with it one of the oldest operating universities on Earth, and were probably the most tolerant state of their time, they were Shia Muslims ruling over a majority Sunni and Christian Population, but Unlike the Safavids in Persia (who forcefully converted a major portion of their population to Shiism and were much more radical than the Fatimids), they were very tolerant and most positions of power were gained out of merit, in fact, the guy who founded Cairo (and prior to that invaded the entirety of north Africa and Egypt for the Fatimid caliphate) was a random slave's son from Sicily. The cultural renaissance that occured during their period caused accelerated arabization in Egypt as more and more people started to speak Arabic since that was the language of the new cultural powerhouse of the region.

We do not talk about al Hakim.

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

There's a difference between colonialism and conquest. Conquest was much much more common in the past than colonialism. Before modern European colonialism, the only people who had made colonial efforts had been the Greeks (with small city colonies in places like Libya, for example), and the Norse, with their colonization of Greenland and their attempt to colonize what is today Newfoundland. Otherwise, the rest was conquest. There's a significant difference between the two.

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's named "Black Land". Their southern neigbors were black. why would they call themselves something that wouldn't distinguish themselves from everyone else? It's called black land because of the distinction between "Kemet" - Black Land, the Nile valley, and "Deshret" - Red Land, the surrounding desert.

But hey, afrocentrists gonna afrocenter

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is awfully inaccurate. One singular dynasty, after alexander, was fully greek. Greek pharaohs weren't just a thing. There was one greek family that declared themselves Pharaohs after Alexander died.

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an Egyptian the sheer ignorance of this comment is absolutely stunning.

It's impressive

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit my bad, it's just X Always links to XVideos so I thought it was the same thing.

This X naming scheme is pretty cool, I like the consistency, X, XVideos, XBox, not very creative but very recognizable

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What's Twitter?

All I know is XVideos, that thing Musk owns

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not familiar with how voting works in America but like...

Can you vote? I mean it thinks you're not a person, can non-people vote?

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I hate that I'm doing this but the history need within me can't let this one be

It's the republic not the empire

Sorry I'll leave now

[–] Birbatron@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

This isn't me being misogynistic but had his teammate done better they'd have won gold, she brought the score down, he actually shot better than both of the winners.

This is not to say she wasn't qualified for this, in fact I believe her previous track record is better than his

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