History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

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Ruins of Mỹ Sơn, Vietnam (infosec.pub)

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

One thing that's telling is the when western / European explorers found ancient ruins in Southeast Asia, they assumed other Europeans had to have built them. Racism does it again, folks!

I would like to recommend the Fall of Civilizations podcast. There isn't an ep about Vietnam (or their predecesors), but their is a good ep about the Khmer Empire (now Cambodia). It's a great show all around. Has a YouTube channel, too, if you're into that. I'm fine with just audio and like letting my imagination entertain me.