The Rashidun caliphate only lasted 40 years too, had he included it separately his whole thesis would’ve been thrown into the trash lol. So I guess he already knew he was full of shit
He also includes successor states for greece, but separates Rome into two periods. He does “Romanov Russia” (which is arguably a successor state of the rurik dynasty) but he doesn’t do “Windsor england” or “Kōshitsu Japan” or Qing china or whatever. And isn’t the US a successor to Britain?
This is like calling the British Empire “white empire” lmao
Edit: I checked, “Arab Empire” is actually multiple Arab caliphates that he conflated into one, for some reason
You know why lol
The Rashidun caliphate only lasted 40 years too, had he included it separately his whole thesis would’ve been thrown into the trash lol. So I guess he already knew he was full of shit
He also includes successor states for greece, but separates Rome into two periods. He does “Romanov Russia” (which is arguably a successor state of the rurik dynasty) but he doesn’t do “Windsor england” or “Kōshitsu Japan” or Qing china or whatever. And isn’t the US a successor to Britain?