Jiang argues that around the year 1300 Europe would have looked barbaric, censored, anti-learning, and hopeless to observers from stronger civilizations such as Baghdad, China, or the Mayan world.
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Europe 1300
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"So, let's go to the year 1300. In the year 1300, there are many places in the world. Okay? In the Middle East, there's..."
"Okay. So I'm trying to make a point here. Okay? The point is that in the year 1300, if you were a Mayan and..."
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