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Legality of same sex relationship in Africa (lemmy.basedcount.com)

submitted 5 months ago by witchdoctor@lemmy.basedcount.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shoutout to an Islamic culture that used to be much more advanced than medieval Europe.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, what happened?

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The crusades

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killed it.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Not really, though.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A material analysis explains it. The Middle East gradually became poorer and the local governments couldn't support and promote science anymore. Why they became poorer? Perhaps European colonialism had something to do with it, as it circumvented Middle Eastern trade routes.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You might be confounding effect and cause. Usually material decline follows value corruption.

[–] RadioFreeArabia@lemmy.cafe -4 points 3 months ago

Not sure what you are trying to say. Anyways, we are seeing progress in science and technology happening again because of the availability of capital and investments.