Dr. James Fitzsimmons
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650 starts to go downhill.
Well, it's already going downhill by 650, but let's just say around there.
But in the sixth century, at least, it's the sixth largest city in the world.
You basically have some places in the Middle East.
Obviously, you have Constantinople, places like that.
But this is right up there.
It's right up there with them.
You go there, it is massive.
And, you know, I love Tejo.
I love the site.
Just the amount of labor it would have taken to build something like that is just, it's mind boggling.
They must have been building for hundreds of years.
You'd be surprised what people can do.
You'd be surprised what people can do when they're either, when they're facing a labor tax or under duress, you'd be surprised.
I don't know what, I don't know how long that would have taken to be built, but it's not, I wouldn't say it's hundreds of years.
I'd say it's, you know,