Seeing stuff like this makes me want to throw a brick at anyone who talks about “cultural differences” as an explanation or excuse for anything. Where do you think cultural differences come from, you dullard?

I should get into worldbuilding

This is a very cool set of maps

geology is cool and broadens one’s perspective of historical materialism

Ooh! Do a comparison of modern day Iraq’s coastline with the coastline in the bronze age next!