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[โ€“] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're saying there were more people in those regions 1200 years ago than today.

Egypt alone has more people in it today than the mongols, Romans or umayyed ever had on their own.

[โ€“] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

Oh shit I mixed that up. I meant that there are far fewer people there than in modern times.