(August 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: I'm about to give a presentation about Old Baghdad for an Arabic intermediate course that I'm taking. This place was truly the center of the world until religion told the people there that most books should be burned.Spock! I loved that episode!...Like the avatar pic!
...Wasn't that area referred to as the cradle of civilization? A lot of powerful ancient empires and kingdoms like Assyria, Babylon, and Sumeria rose and fell there...interesting history in that region.
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Quote:It was an awful mistake to characterize based upon religion. I should not judge any theist that way, I must remember what I said in order to change.