@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 months agoMen in Iraq in a round 'quffa' boat on the Tigris river, 1927imagemessage-square3arrow-up196arrow-down12
arrow-up194arrow-down1imageMen in Iraq in a round 'quffa' boat on the Tigris river, 1927@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square3
minus-square@ZombiepiratelinkEnglish8•11 months agoI had no idea that these were still in use in modern times! I knew that historically the Babylonians used round, flat-bottomed boats, but I figured they were made obsolete millennia ago. Fascinating stuff.
I had no idea that these were still in use in modern times!
I knew that historically the Babylonians used round, flat-bottomed boats, but I figured they were made obsolete millennia ago. Fascinating stuff.
Up until the 1970s, according to wiki!