Anatolia peaked with Diogenes. It's been downhill ever since. Turks shit up the place and turned it into a cult of the Sultan/Emperor.

The first truly great NEET. None other than Alexander the Great had happened upon the city of Sinope in the wake of his life and of all the sights in the city who did he most wish to see? Diogenes the NEET. As he happened upon Diogenes, he told him
>I will give you whatever so you wish, you merely only need ask and it shall be provided
Diogenes, in his based state, looked upon his king and conqueror, the most powerful and venerated in the land, and he said to him
>Move a little to the left, you are blocking my sun
And Alexander, amused, doth quipped
>If I could not be Alexander, I would choose to be Diogenes
Did Alexander want to be Arigones the flour miller? Fuck no. Did he wish to be the idol maker? Nope. He wanted to be a NEET. Being NEET has been based forever and will still forevermore