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?
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?