[EnochPowellWasRight]

"As a land, of course. As a continuous state, unlikely. If you care to argue, take it up with the Normans, Vikings, Saxons, etc."

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

[zimdog]

really?

[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