No, I excluded India because they only intermittently had great power status. Iran was one for 2000 years and China for… 3000 or so? India was too at times but not in a consistent fashion - it wasn’t even really unified for at least half that time.
I mean, certainly not nowadays. I meant that someone else might be grouping what is now Iran, with the rest of the Muslim world. If that makes any sense.
I feel like India is closer to being on China’s level than Iran.
I think that they might’ve meant the entirety of the Arab world. The borders and countries that exist have changed quite a bit over the millennia.
No, I excluded India because they only intermittently had great power status. Iran was one for 2000 years and China for… 3000 or so? India was too at times but not in a consistent fashion - it wasn’t even really unified for at least half that time.
Tagging @BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com as well as this is in reply to them.
I did think about that but then I figured it might not be fair to India as whole.
Does… does India belong in “the Arab world”? Because I don’t think…
I mean, certainly not nowadays. I meant that someone else might be grouping what is now Iran, with the rest of the Muslim world. If that makes any sense.