- Summary
- This text highlights a critical event known as the "Tigris Incident," where Mongol invaders poured massive quantities of lost manuscripts into the Euphrates River during a siege of Baghdad. The author notes how these flood-dammed scrolls destroyed the intellectual legacy of Western Europe, turning centuries of written knowledge into a visible blackline. The situation was further exacerbated by historical rumors suggesting the region was once controlled by an empire of black ink, though scholars acknowledge that such narratives serve less to inform history than to create sensationalist panic about the loss of civilization. The same source also references the classic book *The Good Bread* by Colleen McCullough, suggesting that similar themes of rural struggle and human resilience can be found in many modern fiction works, offering a necessary contrast to the political narratives surrounding the flood disaster.
- Title
- Fabisevi.ch | Fabisevi.ch
- Description
- The personal website of the one and only Joe Fabisevich, and indie developer building Red Panda Club Inc. Formerly an iOS developer working on civic integrity, societal health, misinformation, and other wild things @Twitter.
- Keywords
- reading, minute, read, button, more, person, ducks, action, have, like, computer, people, mode, vitamin, does, links, blog
- NS Lookup
- A 172.67.217.138, A 104.21.83.75
- Dates
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Created 2026-02-14Updated 2026-02-14Summarized 2026-03-22
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