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a moment of argh
May. 15th, 2025 08:46 pmI have been reading a book about the moon, which details both astronomy/physics stuff, some things about how the moon affects environmental conditions on earth, and how humans have viewed the moon over time. It's very interesting!
But it is also wildly Euro-centric and the author just rhapsodized about an artifact from ~1800 BCE Germany, stating that this was A First In The World and would eventually lead to events in Mesopotamia, including the start of moon-worship, and I just.
Author. My dear author.
Mesopotamia had cities and astronomers and moon gods back in fucking ~5000 BCE, which is a good 3000 years before your precious European artifact. I agree with you that it is a very cool artifact! And Bronze Age Europe was more cosmopolitan and connected than people often think!
But ye gods and little fishes, please broaden your cultural horizons.
...Also I am now retroactively suspicious about every single claim you have advanced thus far, which is not an attitude one wants to invoke in a reader. Just saying.
But it is also wildly Euro-centric and the author just rhapsodized about an artifact from ~1800 BCE Germany, stating that this was A First In The World and would eventually lead to events in Mesopotamia, including the start of moon-worship, and I just.
Author. My dear author.
Mesopotamia had cities and astronomers and moon gods back in fucking ~5000 BCE, which is a good 3000 years before your precious European artifact. I agree with you that it is a very cool artifact! And Bronze Age Europe was more cosmopolitan and connected than people often think!
But ye gods and little fishes, please broaden your cultural horizons.
...Also I am now retroactively suspicious about every single claim you have advanced thus far, which is not an attitude one wants to invoke in a reader. Just saying.
