Dead civilizations general.
>>1204438
oy vey
god'z chosen empiya isn't ded
>>1204438
Khazaria is probably one of the most bizarre states to ever exist
How did a bunch of steppe niggers suddenly decide to adopt Judaism out of nowhere?
>>1204466
it's a good political move. a lot of Jews had trade connections throughout the muslim world
>>1204438
greece
>>1204438
i wish i knew more aboit khazaria
Minoans are the best dead civilization, those who disagree are clearly homosexual.
> Peaceful to the point of not needing an army
>An unfathomable amount of wealth
>Most developed civilization of their timeframe
>breathtaking art and reliefs
>right in the middle of the azure waters of the aegean (if you've never been to Crete or Santorini, i'll tell you that it looks comfy AS FUCK.)
And last but not least....
>Tiddies.
>>1204438
Indus Valley Civilization. Apparently a highly egalitarian and advanced civilization with a complex settent layout and sewage facilities and water storage dams that collected water from the flooding rivers. There is no recorded evidence of arms or soldiers and were known to be consimmate traders and navigators as their tablets and seals were found in Iraq and yemen.
>>1204466
Jews were essentially neutral, with connections with Islam and Christianity.
>>1206523
not so comfy when the volcanoes go off, though
>>1206523
>Peaceful to the point of not needing an army
False, they adopted the boar turk helmet before the Mycenean did, they did use weapons and armies
>An unfathomable amount of wealth
Not really
>Most developed civilization of their tiemframe
What? their biggest city (Knossos) had like 10k inhabitants
>>1204466
Most of them were Caucasians like modern day Chechens or Georgians, not steppe niggers.
>>1206809
Developed doesn't mean populous, it just means technologically ahead of its contemporaries, which the minoans were, they had advanced architecture, baths, sewers and a lot of things that wouldn't appear for atleast another thousand of years after their downfall.
And yes, considering the huge quantities of gold that were restored at Knossos, they were very rich indeed.
Also, i heard there wasn't any evidence of warfare in minoan crete? With most weapons and "army" paintings serving a symbolic purpose.
>>1206815
As a Chechen I hear this often. Chechens never adapted Judaism, all of this seems weird.
Some people also think that Khazaria was a Chechen state, because Khazaria means "pretty land" (Khaz ara) in Chechen.
>>1207081
The chechen population didn't, but the Turkic rulling class did, what anon ment is that the majority of the citizens of the Khazar empire were chechen ethnics, not that they necessarily followed judaism.
>>1207088
I understand your point, but the Khazar state still seems weird to me.
>>1206592
I am usually highly suspicious of assertions of a civilization whose written language we do not understand being peaceful and egalitarian. While the technological level of the Indus Valley Civ and its trade routes is obvious, due to empirical evidence, people saying that they are egalitarian and peaceful reminds me of how many scholars studying the Maya believed that they were pacifistic astronomers... Then they learned what these "peaceful astronomers" wrote about.
>>1206809
>population in greek cities
cmon man the meme aint even funny
>>1207351
People love to project their political ideals onto history. I mean, what's better validation of your views than a past society having become successful by following those views?
Volga Bulgaria
>>1207679
Not really dead, modern Bashkirs are direct descendants of them.
>>1204438
I'll take sumer
>>1204438
But israel still exists
>>1204466
they were merchants, duh
