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Etymological Map of Africa (web.archive.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Jerusalem being “foundation of peace” is painfully ironic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Easy for me: peace flows away from it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

They did know their hydrology in the bronze age, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

this is pretty freakin cool

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

"whoa how did you find this place?" "I just cut the leaves"

[–] edgemaster72 8 points 6 months ago

It's like an awesome book title if you keep reading from there

I Just Cut The Leaves Among The Alo Trees

by The River of Death, Chief Malabo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I've been trying to memorize the countries of the world and I did that thing where you just quiz yourself over and over and it worked but it didn't go into long term memory for me. I think this is a big help in giving me context. I love it.

[–] ook_the_librarian 5 points 6 months ago

I keep mixing up Yeman and Oman. I don't think knowing that the one on the left is The Land to the Right is going to help.