(obviously I'm defending you)
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c) No item in the poll said "just America," and that one was the closest thing without choosing other.
That's not ignorance or racism. I could just care less if Latin American countries are included or not. By all means use the Inca there to fill up South America. But I am perfectly happy with the inclusion of the Iroquois confederation: after all, they did make my < 5,000 population home Owego one of their cities.
If you want a date that's not so arbitrary, one book I'm reading about the Holy Roman Empire refers to Charlemagne's crowning as Emperor in Rome as the division between ancient and modern (this edition was published in 1904, if that seems like too sharp a contrast).
That happened on Christmas day, in the year 800.
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