[WaltPurvis]

Pedantic quibbling: is "ancient societies" a proper designation for 15th century Europe?

[ChuckMcM]

I have heard people discuss 19th century America as an "ancient society". Personally I'm all for calling anything between the Sumerians and the last Pharaoh of Egypt ancient but then the Denisovans and Neanderthals feel left out.

[holstvoogd]

only if you consider the 15th century the very distant past. へ‿(ツ)‿ㄏ

[evincarofautumn]

As far as some people are concerned, it was ~8–10% of the Earth’s entire history ago, instead of 0.0000001% of it.