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If I could witness any historical event firsthand, I would choose to witness the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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[–] kartonrealista@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'd pick an event we have no concrete knowledge about, or we have conflicting accounts of and we're unsure what exactly happened. Some candidates:

  • Death of Bartia, brother of Cambyses II - was Darius the Great lying about there being an imposter of Bartia? (probably)
  • Sack of Babylon by Mursili I, but with some astronomical dooblydoo to be able to precisely date it. Maybe a better way would be to pick an early eclipse before the Hittite sack of Babylon and ask some locals who the king is.
  • The writing/dictation/whatever of "The Exaltation of Inanna". Was it really by created by Enheduanna? Was it a bit of legend or royal propaganda?