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Date Posted: 09:11:38 02/11/02 Mon
Author: Skyler Chick
Subject: Re: Topic 1
In reply to: jack curboy 's message, "Topic 1" on 07:19:10 02/08/02 Fri

>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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[> Re: Topic 1 -- Derek Ricciuto, 09:14:58 02/11/02 Mon

If history repeats itself, it means that people such as the Assyrians, who were once the major warlords of their era, but probably fell to their own arrogance, will be duplicated by later nations. An example of their predicament could very well be us, the United States, who, unless very carefull and aware of other nations, could fall into a difficult position. An example of a civilization that could have benefited from this knowledge are the Persians, who, having gained a great deal of territory, decided to so far as to invade Athens in 490 BC, and lost against the Athenian army led by Miltiades. If the Persians had paid attention to the fate of the Assyrians and waited longer to prepare and reconsider their plans, they may have won this battle. If this had happened, the Persians would have gained control of Greece, and all cultures influenced by the Greeks would have been Persian influence.

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