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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by nitwit005 on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @12:36AM (#19308341)
> Did you know that after the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed viewed himself as the successor of the Roman Empire and declared himself "Caesar of Rome"?

I was previously curious how many countries declared themselves to be the heirs of the Roman empire, and I found there is something of a wikipedia list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome

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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by LoSboccacc on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @01:54AM (#19308606)
putting the EU in that list is fishy and a reminder that Wikipedia is not a reliable source, especially for evaluating contemporary information.
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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by nitwit005 on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:42AM (#19309123)
I'm sure everyone will be shocked to hear such things of an article that begins with a highlighted "The neutrality of this article is disputed.".
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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by LoSboccacc on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @05:51AM (#19309686)
people are literally linking it as source but ok.

https://xkcd.com/978/

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