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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Is it? They always point to Egypt for example - but most of the Pharaohs were either Greek or Arab, and most of their wonders were built by Jews.
gpt
There were plenty of notable african kingdoms like Punt and Aksum with their own high cultures and stuff, central africa may have been in the iron age several thousand years before northern europe etc.

But since none of the people mad about this stuff make an effort to learn more history than pop culture feeds them.. well.


But yes, *every* place settled by human has a rich and fascinating history of its own.