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RICKAMAVEN Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 12:42 AM EST
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http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

lots of things to learn about the history of modern civilization. you might find the link to the 30 most important men in history fascinating.

you could try to guess the #1 before you open the book.
of course it is the authors personal choice and subject to discussion.
Cavallo Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 7:37 AM EST
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wow... rick, i'm the first to admit that i'm a learning buff, and this site is like a dream come true. i've spent most of the morning perusing that site. EXCELLENT! thank you!
ducati996 Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 7:50 AM EST
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I love this kind of stuff...thanks for sharing, Rick.
JonR Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 7:50 AM EST
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Yo Rick: Very interesting site. I shall add it to my favorites and my nephews computer, might come in handy as he progresses through his school years. JonR
eleltea Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 7:54 AM EST
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Interesting site. The Top 30 is for the last 1000 years, else the editor might have had to put that Chinese dude who invented paper after their choice for Number 1.

I like the links you post when you're off acid, RIck.
Cavallo Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 7:59 AM EST
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man, i look at stuff like this and think kids of today are *really* lucky to have SO much information at their fingertips.

say what you will about the "old ways" -- and i do believe in the benefits of old fashioned ways of research, library books, hunting down sources, etc. -- but just the sheer TIME COMMITTMENT that stuff takes eats into actual "learning" time. it's like driving 2 hours for a commute to work vs. staying at home and getting the same work done. no snowdays to worry about, no flat tires (or missing library books).

makes me wonder if kids today are going to be much more "well read" than us, about the same as us or freaked out and overwhelmed. i'd bet on #1, though.
xibbumbero Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 8:23 AM EST
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A way kewl site. Mucho's Garcia's Rick. X
CWFoster Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Mar 21 2004, 4:28 PM EST
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This argument at first sounds convincing until we remember that Bin Laden and Saddam are at opposite sides within Islam, the first a fundamentalist fanatic promoting a theocratic society, the latter representing one of the more secular Islamic states. (Osama Bin Laden first came to prominence when he offered to fight Saddam Hussein when the latter threatened to invade Saudi Arabia in 1991).

Hmmmm, I wonder if they don't consider his fighting against the Russians in Afganistan as raising him to prominance. Further, the only thing I ever heard about his opinions in 1991 was the offense he took at US (infidel) troops being allowed in Saudi Arabia. This was his justification for starting terrorist actions against the US (1st WTC boimbing-1993).
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#9 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 2:42 AM EST
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CWFoster

is this a thread jack?
CWFoster Offline
#10 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 1:06 PM EST
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no it's info I cut and pasted from the site you brought up. I found something I thought was questionable and brought it up to see if I'm the only person who remembers that OBL rose to prominence in the Russo-Afghan War, and I don't remember him ever offering to fight Iraq. When checking out a new source for historical research, I check out what they say about the history I can remember firsthand. If they start getting "revisionist" there, how can I trust what I can't verify?
nfldraftman Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Mar 22 2004, 3:56 PM EST
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Wow, this is fantastic. I have a great interest in history, especially B.C. and took it for my meaningless college minor. This brings back a lot of memories and obscure names from studying.
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