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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Explanation: Many figures before the rise of modern nation-states do not neatly fit into our national/ethnic categories, and some people get quite... passionate about who is placed where - especially when talking about figures seen as national heroes. Saladin was a Kurd from Armenia who ruled over a Turkic Empire based in Arabic Egypt and the Levant. Try sorting that out with your local nationalists!