Victor Davis Hanson, Part II: The Contrarian Agrarian | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
There's no concept that Anatolia, modern day Turkey, Constantinople, was Greek, and Western forever until 1413. Same thing with the Aztecs. In 1519, they had no idea that when they let Hernan Cortez in, with 500 conquistadors, that he was an absolute military genius. And so I look at Alexander's destruction of the city of Thebes, and there's no more Thebans. If they lose, it's not going to be... It's in.
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