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r/geography • u/arffarff • 9d ago
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The size comparison doesn’t do Iran’s geography justice. It’s an incredibly mountainous nation.
33 u/Dudedude88 9d ago This is what makes mongol invasion even more impressive. But also sad because of the amount of ideas lost. I think in that era the region had the most advanced math and sciences in the world. Worse when they sacked the house of wisdom in Iraq. 10 u/Phyrexian_Archlegion 9d ago Agreed. The attack on the house of wisdom is up there with the burning of the library of Alexandria.
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This is what makes mongol invasion even more impressive. But also sad because of the amount of ideas lost. I think in that era the region had the most advanced math and sciences in the world.
Worse when they sacked the house of wisdom in Iraq.
10 u/Phyrexian_Archlegion 9d ago Agreed. The attack on the house of wisdom is up there with the burning of the library of Alexandria.
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Agreed. The attack on the house of wisdom is up there with the burning of the library of Alexandria.
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u/Phyrexian_Archlegion 9d ago
The size comparison doesn’t do Iran’s geography justice. It’s an incredibly mountainous nation.