Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com · Mar 4 In the process of cleaning up a footnote on Persian Gulf maritime travel, I ran into the claim that "Ea-nasir went on to travel to India," citing 70 year old material that doesn't even say this. Why do historians (derogatory) do this?
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STEM people citing 70yo history: "look, it's just history, not like it changes" Historians citing 70yo philology: "look, it's just language, not like it changes" Philologists citing 70yo French theory: "look, it's just theory, not like it changes: And then theoreticians bring us full circle
Don't even get me started on the Abraham bit, get out of here