[Valin]

Ethiopia has not been a *continuous* nation state for 2000 years either

Now there's a fine piece of fudgeing. Define continous history?

Ethiopian History
http://www.imperialethiopia.org/history.htm

"History of Ethiopia "
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&cat=gwd%2FTop&q=%22History+of+Ethiopia+%22

[EnochPowellWasRight]

"Now there's a fine piece of fudgeing. Define continous history? "

Just as "continuous" as England, which was the implied smear.