Muslims discovered America before Columbus, says Erdogan

[Conscentia]

The Norse discovered the Americas before either group. Case closed.

And there is also reason to believe that ancient Egypt traded with South American civilizations, since they found traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies.

That tobacco was a contaminant, not a substance present in the mummy prior to excavation.

[Coia]

The Norse discovered the Americas before either group. Case closed.

And there is also reason to believe that ancient Egypt traded with South American civilizations, since they found traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies.

It might be pot and not tobacco

[Conscentia]

Erdoğan is on a whole new existential plane of stupid.

Nope. This plane of stupid has been previously explored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact

[The Seleucids (Ancient)]

And I thought they were good at denying historical events before...

Nah, they just like to change history here and there. Next year Erdogan will claim that the Ottoman Empire never fell

[Hurdegaryp]

And there is also reason to believe that ancient Egypt traded with South American civilizations, since they found traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies.

That tobacco was a contaminant, not a substance present in the mummy prior to excavation.

Dammit, another illusion shattered!

[Ethel mermania]

Damnit, Erdogan. Get back to your 100-room palace and snort your cocaine.

Cocain, Allah's way of telling you to stop wasting your country's money.

Just cause your coked up does not mean youare wrong

[Hurdegaryp]

And there is also reason to believe that ancient Egypt traded with South American civilizations, since they found traces of tobacco in Egyptian mummies.

It might be pot and not tobacco

Marihuana could be obtained easily from much shorter distances, so that would be decidedly less spectacular.

[Sanctissima]

It might be pot and not tobacco

Marihuana could be obtained easily from much shorter distances, so that would be decidedly less spectacular.

And keep in mind that most Egyptians considered neighboring Libya to be an exotic and foreign place. That's not even outside of the Mediterranean.

[Hurdegaryp]

Marihuana could be obtained easily from much shorter distances, so that would be decidedly less spectacular.

And keep in mind that most Egyptians considered neighboring Libya to be an exotic and foreign place. That's not even outside of the Mediterranean.

But Libya was part of the Egyptian empire more than once!

[Ethel mermania]

It might be pot and not tobacco

Marihuana could be obtained easily from much shorter distances, so that would be decidedly less spectacular.

According to the wiki article, that did not mentioned my idea, the tobacco was legit

[Blandonessia]

Technically the Native Americans discovered the Americas first, and they were technically Asian (at first)

[Eastern Equestria]

"Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178. Columbus mentioned the existence of a mosque on a hill on the Cuban coast," Erdogan said.

[Imperializt Russia]

I'm going to be a stick-in-the-mud and/or nag and suggest that al-Jazeera has forgotten how to into math, since 1178 is more than three centuries prior to 1492, not "nearly".

[Equatoguinea (Ancient)]

I'll bet he just spews anything that makes him seem like a holy figure in the eyes of Muslims...

Context considered I think he's trying to cozy up to Ibero-America. He's probably banking on one of them accepting him as a refugee once he gets Gaddafied.

[Sanctissima]

And keep in mind that most Egyptians considered neighboring Libya to be an exotic and foreign place. That's not even outside of the Mediterranean.

But Libya was part of the Egyptian empire more than once!

Just a small portion of it, Cyrenaica. Also, back then, people thought that Libya was much larger than the current country that bears the same name. By the time Egyptians had a decent understanding of their surrounding world, they were already a dying civilization.

[Hurdegaryp]

Marihuana could be obtained easily from much shorter distances, so that would be decidedly less spectacular.

According to the wiki article, that did not mentioned my idea, the tobacco was legit

And back then, the only place where you could find tobacco was South America.

[Conscentia]

"Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178. Columbus mentioned the existence of a mosque on a hill on the Cuban coast," Erdogan said.

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Just change that flag to a Turkish one.

[European Socialist Republic]

Weren't the Mormons the first to discover America though?

[Scepez]

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Just change that flag to a Turkish one.

And have 50 soldiers pointing a gun at the guy's head...

[FutureAmerica]

The Greeks discovered Turkey before the Turks. The Turks are from central asia and migrated to Turkey. Half of Turkey sit on former Greek land.

I went to Turkey years ago and I discovered Turkey!

[Ethel mermania]

According to the wiki article, that did not mentioned my idea, the tobacco was legit

And back then, the only place where you could find tobacco was South America.

I read a book on the history of cod. I don't know much about the origin of tobacco.

[Conscentia]

Weren't the Mormons the first to discover America though?

[Conscentia]

Just change that flag to a Turkish one.

And have 50 soldiers pointing a gun at the guy's head...

Er, why?

[Kronstad]

Not many people can argue with him since he censors information he doesn't like (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-governm ... ns-1474621) and since he banned twitter and facebook in the past to silence opposition and public discussion, so he can pretty much say what he wants since he'll sometimes block opposing viewpoints.

[Scepez]

And have 50 soldiers pointing a gun at the guy's head...

Er, why?

To silence him, isn't it obvious?