O t h e r I d e a s: Antiquity (1)

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August 27, 2006

Antiquity (1)

Last night I happened upon a film about Alexander the Great. It showed how, starting from ancient Greece, he made his way through present day Turkey, Lebanon...

Israel, Egypt, Syria, Afganistan, Iran, Irak and finally embarked on India, leaving Greek culture and language in his wake.

So far so good. And then the statement, "...conquered the whole world." !?!?

Was nothing else happening in the world of Alexander the Great's time? Statements such as this are kind of shameful for us Western Europeans, sitting in a smug or not so smug Western European apartment, in it close to all household items produced in China. This China and most other nations as well had their beginnings in antiquity...

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