Re:Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written into Arctic Ice
by yesbabyyes on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @10:48AM
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1527 is not at all a bad starting point--the year Ferdinand I became king of Croatia, later to rule as Holy Roman Emperor and contesting the Ottoman Empire, who at that time began their great advance into Europe. Also when the Protestant Reformation began picking up steam, the Sack of Rome, and the death of Niccolò Machiavelli.
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Re:Ancient Rome’s Collapse Is Written into Arctic Ice
by kuschku on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @11:21AM
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And it’s around the discovery of America as well, which would also be useful to explain to an audience 1300 years in the future.
Explaining the settlement of america, the type of people that moved over (which are not just a random sample, but certain religious and social groups), and the slave trade are all important factors for the election of Trump later on.
So, yeah, I agree, for a reader a millenium later, it’d be a great starting point.