sentai1074
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You guys are forgetting the Tower of Babel incident in 2425 BCE - we once spoke the same language.
You guys are forgetting the Tower of Babel incident in 2425 BCE - we once spoke the same language.![]()
Anyone else remember that insane guy about a month ago who claimed some stuff about an ancient Russian empire and how history was all a lie told by the West?
Why isn't Russia considered the West? It is no less a descendant of Rome than Britain.
you do realize that the tower of babel did not exist, and that this is a forum for discussing actual history.
This would account for the African migration to the New World {there are testimonies in African Culture that attest to the king who sent 2000 ships across the sea.}
Britain is considered a "descendant" of Rome because, well, Britain was colonized by the Romans. A ton of British cities used to be roman settlements, English has a number of words derived from latin (albiet often for other reasons), etc... Russia, on the other hand, has a trading relationship with the medieval byzantines and a nationalist claim that Moscow is the "Third Rome". There's no real historical, cultural, linguistic, ethnic, or really any sort of direct continuity between Russia and Rome. Even the Russians don't consider themselves Westerners, although at various times they have adopted Western practices.
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Anyone else remember that insane guy about a month ago who claimed some stuff about an ancient Russian empire and how history was all a lie told by the West?
Why isn't Russia considered the West? It is no less a descendant of Rome than Britain.
Well, didn't Ivan IV claim Moscow to be the 3rd Rome as he's the grandson of Sophia Palaeologina, niece of the last of the Palaeologi East Roman Emperors (the "2nd Rome")?
What if Humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) originated in the Americas?
Well, didn't Ivan IV claim Moscow to be the 3rd Rome as he's the grandson of Sophia Palaeologina, niece of the last of the Palaeologi East Roman Emperors (the "2nd Rome")?
Yeah. There's a huge difference between that claim and reality.
The idea of the third rome was a russian attempt to claim cultural continuity from the fall of the eastern roman empire. Said claim basically comes about because the Byzantines and Russians were both eastern orthodox, and because of the sort of dynastic connections that pretty much everybody in the period had with each other. The fact is, there really isn't any reason to pay much attention to this claim. Russia had a substantial but minor cultural connection with the Eastern Roman Empire, which by this point is neither Roman nor an Empire (the eastern bit is another question). Said connection was drummed up by Russians who either wanted to emphasize their connection with the west (Rome being perceived as one of the progenitors of Western Civilization) or who want to emphasize Russian glory (by associating themselves with the Roman Empire). Nothing really of note here. If you really want a successor to the Romans, try the Ottomans.
Why hasn't this guy been banned yet?
Maybe you should have gotten off your ass and reported him instead of whining.