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Empires of the Indus by Alice Albiniaguardian.co.uk, UK - 28 Aug 2008The very name of India comes from the river. The ancient Sanskrit speakers called the Indus 'Sindhu'; the Persians changed the name to 'Hindu'; ... |
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A Bird's Eye ViewTurkish Daily News (subscription), Turkey - 23 Aug 2008About 15000 years ago, there existed a Rama empire in what is today Northern India and Pakistan. According to ancient Indian texts, the humans of Rama ... |
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How to Manage SavageryCommentary, NY - 16 hours agoAl Qaeda itself has ancient Islamic antecedents: the 8th-century Kharajites, for instance, were notorious for their extreme puritanism, frequent recourse to ... |
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Learn from ChinaHardNews Magazine, India - 26 Aug 2008Shaanxi, which has the historic and ancient city of Xian as its capital, is one of the poorer provinces in China. And Baishui County is regarded as among ... |
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Back to garden gloriesThe Canberra Times, Australia - 26 Aug 2008His evocative 1920 map of the idyllic Cow Pasture Road depicts beehives, chooks, grapes, cows and sheep, a satyr's head blowing a west wind, aqueducts and ... |
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Did Rumbling Give Rise to Rome?Science Now, DC - 22 Aug 2008Earthquake-prone areas along the edges of tectonic plates were far more likely to give birth to great ancient civilizations than less dynamic landscapes, ... |
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New generation aim to strike goldTimes Online, UK - 23 Aug 2008Aaron Cook, 17, tae kwon do The ancient Korean martial art of tae kwon do became a full Olympic sport at the Sydney Games in 2000 and Team GB has yet to win ... |
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