In the Mediterranean world these things were not at all uncommon during the Hellenistic age. While they did introduce all of that to France, England, west Germany and Spanish interior. They brought extreme amounts of economic destruction and misery to the Greek world trough destruction and massive transfers of wealth and population to Italy.
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well, they brought more than the mongols. baths, libraries, fashions, technology, roads, trade
In the Mediterranean world these things were not at all uncommon during the Hellenistic age. While they did introduce all of that to France, England, west Germany and Spanish interior. They brought extreme amounts of economic destruction and misery to the Greek world trough destruction and massive transfers of wealth and population to Italy.
I read that in a Monty Python sketch voice. Not sure if intended or not. (It’s a fair point either way.)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ