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[schmarty_hosen]

This is FASCINATING. It's a Flash piece that shows 5000 years of imperial history in the Middle East.

cross posted to diaryofatemp

Comments

[gaidheil1974]

Brilliant. The history of the Middle East in 90 seconds. The only thing that would make it better is if it were re-enacted by bunnies....

[cordilleran2]

Good, but not great. It ignores the Median empire, the wars between the Seleucids and Ptolemic Empires, the Hasmoneans, Herod, Parthian capture of Jerusalem,the Sassanid Persian empire's control of jerusalem and Egypt in 600-620 AD, as well as the Great Seljuk Empire and Fatimid Caliphates control of the levant....

Overall, more shortcomings than not.

But then, i'm anal-retentive.

[gaelfarce]

Yeah I think you're missing the value to the initiate here.

[sonofzeal]

Perhaps those will make it in to the foolow up, History of the Middle East in 120 Seconds.

[deleonjh]

How did you find out about this? I'm just wondering if you and I read the same blog.

[schmarty_hosen]

Email from a list srv that I read infrequently.

[deleonjh]

Oh, then I guess not.

[blood_stnd_lace]

interesting, thanks for the link :-)

[foolishship]

I thought it was neat.