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Unlocked: Myth of the Month 8: "The West"

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Is Egypt Part of Western Civilization?

The story kind of shifts along geographically as you go. And the first society i talk about extensively is egypt, which is so important and foundational for so much of the world. By the time we've got into the second half of the class, egypt has sort of disappeared. It didn't move geographically. It's just that what we consider to be western at different points of time is radically different. Certain people, certain societies, certain places, get thrown into that basket at certain moments, and then later get tossed out for one reason or another.

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