I admit, the pyramids would've looked a lot cooler back in the day. They used to be covered in marble with either a gold or electrum top, so they'd gleam in the sun. The Greek statues in color aren't… (View Post)

So some scientists are starting to suggest that the Amazon river basin, might actually be man made. time.com/5218270/amazonian-civilization-discovered-mato-grosso/ https://theatlantic.com/science/arc… (View Post)

You may have seen older texts that refer to China as Cathay. This actually comes from the Mongol and Turkish name for China. The Khitan were a people that lived to the North of China, and had conquer… (View Post)

I've got to disagree on it being specifically western progress. Advances have been spread and inherited from a huge amount of cultures. The Greeks and Romans were inheritors to science and culture of… (View Post)

First off, Greek and Roman slavery did allow the splitting up of families. Nothing new there. Second of all, those were just examples of how slavery functioned differently in a couple of different so… (View Post)