From the 700s to the 1200s, Baghdad was an Intellectual Center unrivaled in the world. It's House of Wisdom studied mathematics, astronomy, medicine, alchemy and chemistry, zoology, and geography.
I don't know why, but I can imagine Scania seeing this and adding two and two together. Crimea doesn't know who is dad is but lives with Russia. Scania doesn't know his dad but lives with Sweden. Russia and Sweden both tell their nephews to stop slouching.
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