AskHistoriansEnglish · 18 days ago

Before dick wolf before dceu before mcu before tolkien and others, what was the first fiction universe that was created? Or is the idea of a fictional universe a "new age" thing?

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Before dick wolf before dceu before mcu before tolkien and others, what was the first fiction universe that was created? Or is the idea of a fictional universe a "new age" thing?

AskHistoriansEnglish · 18 days ago

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I hate them so much because how homer get’s a pass for his writing style.

You realize that Homer didn’t write in English? Your beef is more with the translator here.

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