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The afikra Podcast

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I Love Maps

Arabs refused throughout history to have someone rule them. They didn't care if they had like blood feuds amongst themselves. maps are the first visual content ever that can really help us understand how our own ancestors kind of navigated through the world or at least viewed the world themselves. So maps also help empires conquer places. The Dutch, for example, conquered South Asia by stealing maps from the British because the British were a superpower.

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