Historian Jeff Rich on the "idea of the west" @boganintel

Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago

Historian Jeff Rich@theburningarchivespeaks about the idea of the west being largely an invention, and that is the source of many cultural origins.

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