I found this one pretty interesting.....
I knew about most of the earlier kingdoms, but not the various Islamic conquests. Little gap in my history lessons?
I am NOT trying to stir the pot...but that it probably unavoidable.
If the U.N. robbed the Palestinian people of their "state" when Israel was established. What form of government did that state have? Who was it's leader?
I'm not trying to be provocative, though that's probably unavoidable. Rather I'm trying to understand what the basis for the Palestinian claim to "their" land is, as it appears that they have always been a ruled people, with one overlord suplanting another. I don't see that they ever had independance or were a legitimate state.
I certainly question the right of the U.N. (as voice of the "international community") to doll out states to this ethnic group or that.
Click on the map, it's pretty interesting....
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Click on this link and you'll find an animated map of Middle East -
5000 years in 90 seconds.
This is an amazing, constantly changing map of the Middle East,
European, North Africa and Asian region, illustrating how various
"empires" have risen and fallen in the past 5000 years.
http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf--------
I am now donning my fire retardant cover alls