(August 17, 2013 at 9:21 am)A Theist Wrote:(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.
Indeed. The crazy part is that I have to give the presentation entirely in Arabic.
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