568
Where I live, I have to have this conversation way too often with people. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social
102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Goldholz 6 points 2 weeks ago

I up you one on maya. The INKA

[-] blujan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Or the aztec empire, not as big but more power projection similar to european. A bit barbaric but not underdeveloped at all.

I believe tenochtitlan was the largest city in the world at one point.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tahuatinsuyo was quite the entity. The quipu knots for recordkeeping still haven't been fully reconstructed since everyone who knew the system died.

this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
568 points (100.0% liked)

History Memes

2567 readers
206 users here now

A place to share history memes!

Rules:

  1. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.

  2. No fascism (including tankies/red fash), atrocity denial or apologia, etc.

  3. Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.

  4. Follow all Piefed.social rules.

  5. History referenced must be 20+ years old.

Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world

OTHER COMMS IN THE HISTORYVERSE:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
PugJesus@piefed.social
Deceptichum@quokk.au
PugJesus@lemmy.world