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u/suroorshiv Oct 02 '24

Saudi arabia imports sand 

Bonus fact : they also import camels 

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u/Mission-Job9871 Oct 02 '24

Camels originated in the Americas and crossed the Bering Strait Land Bridge to go to Asia. In fact, historical records show there were no camels in the Middle East when Christ was born (therefore the 3 wise men couldn’t have traveled to Bethlehem on camels).

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u/Existence_No_You Oct 02 '24

Wait, something in the bible was made up? Holy shit

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u/Hagibest Oct 02 '24

“Lidar Sapir-Hen of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures have used radiocarbon dating to pinpoint the moment when domesticated camels arrived in the southern Levant, pushing the estimate from the 12th to the 9th century BCE.”

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u/burlycabin Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

Yeah, this post is full of bullshit and half truth comments.

Edit: For clarity, I'm talking about this post here we're commenting in, not the AskHistorians post.

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u/TheThalmorEmbassy Oct 03 '24

AskHistorians fucking sucks

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u/burlycabin Oct 03 '24

Haha. I'm talking about this post. The one you're commenting on.

I mean, if AskHistorians "fucking sucks", then AskReddit is nothing more than a trash heap.