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To: ThinkingBuddha
the world's oldest monarchy (the Danish) by 300 years

Actually oldest European monarchy...Japan is oldest world.

8 posted on 09/06/2012 9:55:46 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Portcall24
Actually oldest European monarchy...Japan is oldest world.

I think they mean in an unbroken line of succession. Queen Margrethe's direct-line ancestors have been royal rulers in Denmark since 1101 AD as a matter of historical record.

The Japanese Emperors' line is supposedly unbroken from 600 BC, but historical records do not go back much farther than 1300.

12 posted on 09/06/2012 10:03:44 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Portcall24

——Actually oldest European monarchy...Japan is oldest world. ——

Last time I checked Japan was not in Europe....western civilization....

But your point is taken...


40 posted on 09/08/2012 6:16:10 PM PDT by Popman (In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
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