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meduseld · 3 months

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No seriously it makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills when literally no one even when talking about the history of the region talks about the FUCKING CRUSADES? THE ONES THAT SHAPED THE AREA TO THIS DAY????? THE ONES AROUND JERUSALEM, WHICH STILL VERY MUCH EXISTS???????? HELLO?????????? IS THIS THING ON??????

#how can we talk about the current political make up of the region and ignore actual literal centuries of reshaping conflict that #EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN/REASON OF EUROPEAN AND WESTERN INFLUENCE IN THE REGION?!#ffs historical sources even discuss how jews and muslims fought off sieges from christians together like #you CANNOT seriously have a political history discussion and ignore this #it is a HUGE factor in modern history and i- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #regardless of your take on this stop ignoring ittttttttttttttttt

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