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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's almost as if different groups of people have been fighting over the same smidge of land for a really long time.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"then they had a bunch of crusades, some of them almost didnt fail"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's gotta be Bill Wurtz

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly, probably the most contested* area throughout history. Maybe after Anatolia, but that has been relatively peaceful in my lifetime so it feels different.

*And by that I mean contested by the most powerful players at their respective times. I'm sure there are places that have had more consistent fueds at a much smaller scale.

[–] Crashumbc 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well humans have been fighting each other since before civilization began and that area is one of the oldest civilized areas.