Good to hear from you again Charles, and to read other members.
But it is difficult to keep up with more than one or two lists regularly.
The theme of my post was arguably connected, even though indirectly, with
other themes we have discussed.
In addition to what I noted below the exhibition in
On Aug 9, 2008, at 3:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing confirms the allegations of Heroditus about the sexual
practices
of Babylonia. He had political motives to denigrate an empire from the
middle east that had almost conquered Greece.
Herodotus reported what he saw and was told
The Persian punitive expedition had notable Greek allies, especially the
Thebans and Ephesians. The most successful Persian naval commander was a
Greek, Queen
Artemisia.
What treachery! But we all deep down know that the Greeks collectively
and heroically defended (to the last man if
I'm not sure if the late Mark Jones' discussion adds much to this, but
it does point an obsession with irrigation.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/10/131.html
Ancient Mesopotamia was to quite an extent a lot wetter than the
current-day Iraq, so no wonder some have said it was 'Eden'. Still,
Oops, that was sloppy. I should add that all that following the link
to the Jones article is my commentary, nothing from Jones's article. I
published only the link. Read it--the Jones article--it is more
interesting than my comments.
CJ
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