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[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

A list of things contemporary to Iran that it has outlasted:

The Library of Alexandria

The first Buddha (disputed)

The Roman Empire

Dodos

The Mayan Civilization

The Roman Empire again

The Mayan Calendar

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

and the way things are going, the Turd Reich is soon to be on that list as well

[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

you forgot the roman empire (third time, dont laugh) under the extremely upside-down man

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

do you mean the holy roman empire? which wasnt holy and wasnt roman

[–] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

i meant whatever the hell mussolini was doing

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Did Persians write about the Buddha?