Re:Bosnians who speak medieval Spanish
by empath75 on Friday October 19, 2018 @09:18AM
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Nations as a concept didn't exist when those empires were founded. And it's really a trade off. Within the boundaries of the empire you had peace and prosperity. It was on the frontiers that people suffered.
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> Nations as a concept didn't exist when those empires were founded
Nations as in "a group of people united by common descent, history, culture, and language, inhabiting a particular state or territory" most certainly did exist.
> Within the boundaries of the empire you had peace and prosperity.
Then you don't know much (or anything) about the life of people conquered by caliphates.