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Vast and Deadly Fleets May Yield Secrets at Last (Freedom Over Tyranny Alert)
New York Times ^
| April 20, 2004
| WILLIAM J. BROAD
Posted on 04/20/2004 8:06:37 AM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:06:38 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Peter the Great built triremes to battle the Swedish Navy in the shallows of the Baltic Sea, and they were quite effective - they would venture out when the winds were calm and wreak havoc upon the becalmed warships.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:09:24 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
To: dirtboy
The big problem is that triremes don't sink.
They don't have keels, and they are built as lightly as possible.
When holed, they'd swamp, but they wouldn't sink to the bottom.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:11:54 AM PDT
by
jdege
To: presidio9
I'd hate to have been on of those oarsmen--especially when the captain got into the mood for some water skiing.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:26:04 AM PDT
by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
To: presidio9
Wow! This is fascinating. I love the color graphic. It's kind of poetic justice that there are treasures
on the ocean floor that could not have been accessed by previous civilizations. Without the deep-sea technology
available, these sites could not be pillaged as were the early land sites.
Thanks for this article.
To: presidio9
Cool; I hope they find one (or more). I just happened to have watched the trireme battle in "Ben Hur" last night! (it was on too late to stay up for the chariot race).
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:35:08 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: presidio9
More Persian-bashing.
Hey, Persia lasted a damn sight longer than the Assyrians or Babylonians did so they must have been doing something right. And the subsequent Seleucid monarchy was practically the Persian Empire with Hellenistic Greeks on top.
In Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel, and Ezra the Persians come across as strict but fair and honorable and on occasion generous.
To: Sam the Sham
Didn't the Persian Empire abide by the Rule of Law.
At least that is what I seem to remember when reading the Book of Daniel.
I believe Babylon abided by the rule of the king only.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:44:57 AM PDT
by
Chewbacca
(I think I will stay single. Getting married is just so 'gay'.)
To: presidio9
Interesting article thanks for posting it.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:45:10 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(America's Enemies foreign and domestic RATmedia agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
To: Chewbacca; presidio9
Herodotus the Greek historian of the Persian Wars said of the Persians that they teach their sons three things.
To ride a horse.
To shoot a bow.
To tell the truth.
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posted on
04/20/2004 8:50:55 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(What's worse than losing the lottery? Having the same name as the guy who won.)
To: Chewbacca
A persian I know once told me, "Persia was the hub of trade and technology(for that time) then the vild (wild) people (arabs) came and destroyed everything."
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:24:02 AM PDT
by
mindspy
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posted on
04/20/2004 7:30:45 PM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: presidio9
Good post, thanks.
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posted on
04/20/2004 7:42:22 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
ibid.
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posted on
04/20/2004 10:35:33 PM PDT
by
rightofrush
(right of Rush, and Buchanan too.)
To: presidio9; farmfriend
Extremely interesting! Thanks for the post & ping.
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posted on
04/21/2004 5:34:24 AM PDT
by
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To: presidio9
Herodotus, known as the father of history...Herodotus has also been called the father of liars.
To: mindspy
A persian I know once told me, "Persia was the hub of trade and technology(for that time) then the vild (wild) people (arabs) came and destroyed everything." I've heard that several times myself. They also make it a point to let you know their ancestors were Christians. Makes me think the Iranians have a good shot at this democracy stuff someday.
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posted on
04/21/2004 7:38:33 PM PDT
by
lizma
To: lizma
At what point were Persians Christian? Before the Muslim conquest they were quite devout Zoroastrians, rather dedicated to killing the Christian Romans. In the early 7th Century the Romans exhausted themselves driving the Persians out of Jerusalem and other Palestinian cities...and they have all but no history of democracy.
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posted on
04/22/2004 11:59:35 AM PDT
by
Buggman
(President Bush sends his regards.)
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