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Date Posted: 09:11:02 02/11/02 Mon
Author: Chris Zegel
Subject: Re: Topic 1
In reply to: jack curboy 's message, "Topic 1" on 07:19:10 02/08/02 Fri

In Mesopotamia, as in all other civilizations that we know of, wars occurred. The ones without the power envied the ones with the power, and as a result different peoples overthrew each other violently. The Sumerians were conquered by the Babylonians, who were conquered by the Assyrians, and so forth. This has continued through to today, right up until in WWII when Japan attacked Hawaii. The weak envy the strong, and those without desire for what they do not have. We need to discover a way for different peoples to live in harmony and coexist, and become stronger together. If different powers each try to expand and compete with each other, conflict and strife are natural results. Even in modern times, we are still faced with the threat of war, because there are many rogue nations, less developed than most, that are jealous of the strength that the world powers possess. Our world as a community cannot seem to find a way to exist peacefully, and until it does, history will find a way ot repeat itself.

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[> Re: Topic 1 -- Skyler Chick, 09:11:38 02/11/02 Mon

>If history repeats itself because nobody pays
>attention the first time,,,,,,,,,,,,,comment on the
>events in mesopotamian history that we would have been
>better off if we HAD paid attention. What events
>could we have altered by attending the "first time"?

By paying attention to events in mesopotamian history, we could have altered the course of history by taking a closer note to how arguments between different groups were settled. People would fight wars in order to acquire more land, killing many people. The Assyrians would brutally kill their enemies.
In today's society, when people tend to get into arguments, they settle them with violence. Many wars, such as what is going on between Israel and Palestine, are fought because of differences in opinion. The wars of the ancient world have seemed to have set a precedent for countries of today.

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