>> ....
>>> ....a representative of another company
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> richest and most powerful. While those in the east and south tend to be
> poor or quite poor.
> Hm. Let's see. Sumerian civilization, Babylon, Persia, Egypt, Khmer
> empire, Mayan and Aztec empires. Would you consider those to be
> northern? Or poorer than their northern neighbours at the time? Because,
> you see, what you're trying to sell us as your version of "history of
> the world" is actually quite a recent development.
Did I mentioned any time frame for the world history? I did not notice,
but since you are the history expert you probably read between the
lines. (Btw my definition of history is past events, near or far)
>> So I would say we northerners are not so unfortunate after all ;) We
>> also get to see snow in the christmas holidays :D
Anyways, I see you have no sense of humour, which I indicated by several
clues in my reply. I´ll give you some hints: "not unfortunate
northerners", ";)", "snow", "christmas holidays". Not to worry though, I
am not going to hold anything against you.
tom
M.J. Dance - 08 Nov 2006 11:18 GMT
>> Hm. Let's see. Sumerian civilization, Babylon, Persia, Egypt, Khmer
>> empire, Mayan and Aztec empires. Would you consider those to be
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> but since you are the history expert you probably read between the
> lines. (Btw my definition of history is past events, near or far)
OK. But it sounds a bit strange. Like, for example: in history of the world the
Moon has been populated many times, but all it's civilizations are now extinct.
BTW: definitions of "many" and "civilization(s)" are mine.