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He pushes for LGBTQ+ rights and equality, which is good, but in perusit of that he's seemingly lost the plot along the way and has reverted to misinformation and pseudohistorical
He pushes for LGBTQ+ rights and equality, which is good, but in perusit of that he's seemingly lost the plot along the way and has reverted to misinformation and pseudohistorical
4. Ansary mentions "the Vikings" in the Meditranean, in the post-Crusades period. A "viking" was a sea-borne raid, often perpetrated by vikingrs. Presenting all Scandinavians as "vikings" is inaccurate because you wouldn't describe 3-4 cultural groups
4. Ansary mentions "the Vikings" in the Meditranean, in the post-Crusades period. A "viking" was a sea-borne raid, often perpetrated by vikingrs. Presenting all Scandinavians as "vikings" is inaccurate because you wouldn't describe 3-4 cultural groups
2. Describing Central Eurasians as "barbarians" is ahistorical and disregards the religious and cultural identities of steppe peoples, and presents them as a monolithic people, which is far from accurate.
3. Stating that the Great Wall was created
2. Describing Central Eurasians as "barbarians" is ahistorical and disregards the religious and cultural identities of steppe peoples, and presents them as a monolithic people, which is far from accurate.
3. Stating that the Great Wall was created
That being said, I have four gripes with this book:
1. Ansary uses the term "Dark Ages" when discussing the Medieval Period. That term is no longer used by academics, as its implications are historically inaccurate, and
That being said, I have four gripes with this book:
1. Ansary uses the term "Dark Ages" when discussing the Medieval Period. That term is no longer used by academics, as its implications are historically inaccurate, and