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20062851 No.20062851 [Reply] [Original]

I'm wondering why is it recommended to start here? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I'm just curious.

>> No.20062853

>>20062851
It isn't. Start with the Greeks.

>> No.20062890

>>20062853
Why Greeks instead of bronze?

>> No.20062895

>>20062890
NTA but the greeks are the foundation for all of western literature. Bronze age is cool but most of the ones on that chart never seriously impacted the western canon.

>> No.20062915

>>20062895
Oh, got it. Thanks!

>> No.20063025

>>20062851
The Near East is the origin of many important aspects of human history: agriculture, writing, empire-building, and so on. Understanding the processes that created these tells you much about other eras of history.

>>20062895
Only if you completely exclude the Hebrew Bible.

>> No.20063059

>>20062895
I feel this is fundamentally wrong. Many of the greek gods and aspects of greek culture are strongly influenced by the bronze age mesopotamians for one. Not to mention the cultural exchange, crossmigrations and the transferrance of many elements during the migratory period known as the bronze age collapse.

>> No.20063135
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>>20062851
Everybody has heard of Zeus. But people are going to stop talking to you if you start going on about icknû the balash of traijunki. Unless you're pursuing a career in Assyriology there is no reason to read anything other than the Epic of Gilgamesh.

>> No.20063249

>>20062851
It's not lol