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Re:A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of ... by pyuser583 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:01PM (#30667403)
1492 was the year 7000 in the Byzantine calendar (started with the creation of the world). There was a religious “year 7000” happening in the Eastern world (Moscow, etc) just a Columbus was launching his ships.
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