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conspiracy theories.
July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Will Blunderfield is a very odd individual. I cant remember if he's bi or gay, or even believes in labels like that.
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
July 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You're telling me the US government lied? Who could've seen this coming?
June 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
That's now on my list!
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I HIGHLY recommend it. Cobb also presents the Reconquista as part of the Crusades, and after reading his book I completely agree.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Undeniable and steady progress!
May 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
use the term "vikings" in this light.
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
with the name of a seasonal job that was done in the off-season. Secondly, "The Viking Age" had already ended by the time the Crusades had wrapped up. Depending on who you ask, the Viking Age had ended on a bridge in England at least 200 years before the Crusades ended. Truly a baffling decision to
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
inaccurate and paints an incomplete picture.

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
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
to stop the Hsiung-nu from raiding Chinese lands is historically inaccurate. The Qin Dynsaty attacked the Hsiung-nu, relatively unprovoked, seized much of their land, and then built the wall to insure that they kept the land they just seized from the Hsiung-nu. Placing the blame on the Hsiung-nu is
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
should be completely thrown out of one's lexicon.

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
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
to understand the history of Islam and the plight of the Palestinian people.
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
May 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I agree, but also I want the NDP to clean house after the election and I'm unsure that will happen if they stay as an official party.
April 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM