CyborgMarx [any, any] to chapotraphouse • 9 months agoCrackers suck at writing historyimagemessage-square7 fedilinkarrow-up1122file-text
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minus-squarezifnab25 [he/him, any]hexbear44·edit-29 months agoHad a world history textbook whose opening sentences are ingrained in my brain. "The Chinese Civilization emerged on the banks of the Yangzhi River in 3000 BC. In 1840 AD, the British arrived." link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear42·9 months ago5000 years of wars, rebellions, famines, invasions, and plagues and there's still nothing as catastrophic in Chinese history as the Anglo showing up. link
Had a world history textbook whose opening sentences are ingrained in my brain.
"The Chinese Civilization emerged on the banks of the Yangzhi River in 3000 BC. In 1840 AD, the British arrived."
5000 years of wars, rebellions, famines, invasions, and plagues and there's still nothing as catastrophic in Chinese history as the Anglo showing up.