1 posted on
01/23/2005 3:35:39 PM PST by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
2 posted on
01/23/2005 3:36:11 PM PST by
blam
To: blam
Well, this explains a lot...
3 posted on
01/23/2005 3:49:06 PM PST by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: blam
I was going to ping you after reading the headline, but then saw you posted it. BWAHAHAHA!
FMCDH(BITS)
4 posted on
01/23/2005 3:49:11 PM PST by
nothingnew
(Kerry is gone...perhaps to Lake Woebegone)
To: blam
IIRC The Persians are Caucasians who have somehow been overtaken by the Jihadists. It would not be a surprise at all if the Vikings had been there though.
5 posted on
01/23/2005 4:14:24 PM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
Thanks blam. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
7 posted on
01/23/2005 4:19:31 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(In the long run, there is only the short run.)
To: blam
9 posted on
01/23/2005 5:08:13 PM PST by
Fedora
To: blam
The Vikings had major trading bases on the Black Sea (they held the Crimean peninsula) and traded all over the Black Sea and Eastern Mediteranean. The 'Varangean Guard' of the Holy Roman Emperor was Viking.
There are extant Arabic documents describing embasies to trade with them from Damascus.
SO9
To: blam
The city of Kiev was founded by Vikings.
I'm not sure what the connection with the Adriatic Sea is. There is a theory that the name of the Croats (Hrvati) is connected to an ancient Iranian tribe with a similar name. The Iranians in question may have conquered a Slavic tribe (the modern Croats speak a Slavic language) and later lost their own language...something similar happened to the Bulgars (the modern Bulgarians speak a Slavic language but the members of the original Bulgar ruling class were not Slavs).
To: blam
The longboat is a terrifying sight.
13 posted on
01/23/2005 8:40:51 PM PST by
Missouri
To: blam
Ah, but who could forget the master epic "Vikings and Beekeepers"
SCTV reference.
To: blam
US Special Forces In Search Of Vikings In Iran...
29 posted on
01/24/2006 10:10:19 PM PST by
traumer
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