• Jake Farm
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    7 months ago

    Lol, wouldn’t have bat an eye in the actual ottoman empire.

    • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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      7 months ago

      The original story actually takes place in China. But I’ve never seen an adaption take that into account. There’s probably a Chinese version somewhere that accidentally is more canonically correct.

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        7 months ago

        Arabian Nights depicts Aladin as vaguely chinese though there is no Jasmin in that one.