Message from @Andrules
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Territory occupied by it though, yeah. That's what they teach today in Byzantium I mean Turkey
I meant at that time period. That's crazy though
They should have never existed. Not in the 17th century or today
Well yeah, that's true lol
At the dawn of the 19th century the literacy rate there was 3%. A hundred years later it had climbed to 15%.
They also teach that Muslims discovered the New World
In Turkey or all the other muslim countries?
Turkey at least
Interesting.
Vikings found it before that
And the Russians found it before that
and the Mongolians found it before that
Don't get me started on the Atlanteans
Muslims can't even read
Much less discover a continent
Really though they found proof of Vikings, a variety of Europeans, and Jews but no Muslims
Jews???
I'm more likely to believe the Chinese theory than that
Jews discovered North/South America?
Never heard that theory before.
Jews invented a LOT of shit. For a tiny persecuted minority they have done quite well. No other minorities have an excuse. But what they did not do was discover a continent
They've never really been a seafaring people
Yeah, I know they're responsible for loads of scientific knowledge. Which isn't their average IQ like 115 or something?
From what I gather, the Jews mostly moved into other countries that existed.
Not much pioneering in that sense.
Not sure if it's that high but they've always had a thing for amassing wealth and making their kids get an education
Plus it didn't help that the Europeans didn't want to mess with sciences or financial stuff.
Idea was to just let the jews do it.
Science yeah, Europeans have always been involved
But banking, sort of. The Templars were a huge bank of course but then there's the problem of usury
I know there's reasons for staying out of financial stuff..
Christians aren't allowed to charge interest
Yeah religious reasons for no interest.
But that law didn't apply to Jews, for practical reasons. Not too many people would get into banking and loaning money if there's no profit. So they exempted Jews and they filled the niche
As a result they were able to make a lot of money
Which I didn't mean to imply that the non-jewish europeans didn't make scientific discoveries.
Yeah, and the crusades helped them as a people group a lot. Everyone buying weapons and armor from the Jewish lenders.
Most of the science of the era came from Christian Europeans and the Chinese, of course isolated from each other
Tf