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Which 4 historical figures would you want to have dinner with? General or meta (lemmy.wtf)
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I'd like to be a fly on the wall when Hannibal Barca, Alexander the Great, Genghis Kahn, and Bai Qi discussed war and empire building.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

  1. Gṛtsamāda (author, or family of authors, of the oldest book in the Rg Veda)

  2. King Minos (or any real Minoan); Vercingetorix (or Celtillus) otherwise

  3. Enmebaragesi (first confirmed historical Sumerian king)

  4. Hattusili I (first historical King of the Hittites)

(5.) Queen Himiko, King Tang of Shang, or King Menes (early or first confirmed historical rulers of Japan, China, and Egypt)

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