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Middle Eastern history in a nutshell
Tom Brosz
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10/5/2006 6:32:54 PM
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Middle Eastern history in a nutshell
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Tom Brosz
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10/5/2006 6:32:54 PM
Who would have thought the history of conquest and bloodshed could look so pretty?
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Mary Anne
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10/6/2006 2:34:20 PM
Yet despite the varied history, apparently only Muslims get homelands/nations in the Middle East
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sz
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10/6/2006 12:45:58 PM
Your first assertion is not supported by the map at Tom's link.
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alcaray
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10/6/2006 3:04:27 PM
Not according to Hamas!
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sz
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10/7/2006 12:26:37 PM
Well, you do have a pathetic band of crazy terrorists who agree with you, then.
(n/t)
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alcaray
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10/7/2006 4:39:51 PM
Map of Sectarian Conflict in Baghdad
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SDF
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10/6/2006 7:17:43 AM
re: Map of Sectarian Conflict in Baghdad
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REB
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10/6/2006 2:53:27 PM
Way cool - thanks, Tom
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Laurie Street
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10/5/2006 9:16:30 PM
re: Way cool - thanks, Tom
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Tom Brosz
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10/5/2006 10:09:17 PM
re: Way cool - thanks, Tom
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Laurie Street
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10/5/2006 10:17:46 PM
re: Way cool - thanks, Tom
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SDG
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10/6/2006 1:58:17 AM
Rand McNally's "Historical Atlas"
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Robert
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10/6/2006 4:28:12 PM
History as a process
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Tom Brosz
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10/6/2006 7:20:22 PM
re: History as a process
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Robert
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10/7/2006 2:21:48 AM
Psychohistory
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Tom Brosz
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10/7/2006 5:53:44 PM
re: Psychohistory
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Robert
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10/7/2006 6:57:27 PM
Advertising
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Tom Brosz
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10/7/2006 7:10:27 PM
re: Advertising
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Robert
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10/9/2006 6:13:16 PM
re: Advertising
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Tom Brosz
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10/9/2006 6:56:44 PM
It's not about intelligence
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Robert
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10/9/2006 8:46:38 PM
re: It's not about intelligence
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Tom Brosz
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10/10/2006 12:22:47 AM
does "catching the ball and chewing it" include...
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alcaray
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10/10/2006 6:13:29 PM
It's not about intelligence...though I'm starting to reconsider
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Robert
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10/10/2006 3:45:34 PM
re: It's not about intelligence
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Tom Brosz
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10/10/2006 5:58:13 PM
Which reminds me...
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Tom Brosz
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10/10/2006 1:13:59 AM
Yep
(n/t)
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Robert
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10/10/2006 3:46:15 PM
Don't forget literacy patterns.
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Mary Anne
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10/7/2006 2:40:23 AM
Of course. And language.
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Robert
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10/7/2006 4:43:01 PM
Though, come to think of it, it's just as relevant to you, SDG
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Robert
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10/6/2006 4:29:59 PM
Oops, meant to post one level up--post is a reply to Tom.
(n/t)
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Robert
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10/6/2006 4:28:53 PM
Reminds me of...
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alcaray
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10/5/2006 8:03:00 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.