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Re:Hong Kong: Police Raid Tiananmen Square Museum by thaumasiotes on Friday September 10, 2021 @03:58AM (#28478856)
Persia was conquered by iconoclastic foreigners. Many native traditions were lost, even the knowledge of how to read the old writings. Continuity was significantly interrupted.

> There's a case to be made for Linear B because of the Greek Dark Ages

That's sufficient to defeat the claim of cultural continuity, but note also that the case that Linear B has been deciphered at all isn't on the firmest ground.

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Re:Hong Kong: Police Raid Tiananmen Square Museum by CRConrad on Saturday September 11, 2021 @10:36AM (#28492285)
> Persia was conquered by iconoclastic foreigners.

Spouting this as if it somehow justifies or reinforces the CCP's claim to China being the oldest and therefore most venerable of cultures is just continuing to give credence to their nationalist tropes. It's not as if China had never been conquered.

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