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2007-11-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Were 'cursed' rams the first biological weapons?

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Posted by Delphi 2007-11-27 08:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Moreover, the Hittites pissed off GOD Almighty just like the Moslems are today. That is why you cannot fine even oune of them anymore.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-11-27 10:02|| 2007-11-27 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, the Hittites are still there, newc. They call themselves Turks, now, but I've got a tablecloth printed in the ancient style. An inexpensive thing, but striking in its own way. It's only the Hittite empire (both of them) that's gone, its people conquered and reconquered over the millenia. The fascinating thing about that part of the world is that the ancient peoples are still mostly exactly where they used to be; it's only that their kingdoms and empires -- and ambitions -- turned to dust ages ago.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2007-11-27 14:09|| 2007-11-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

#3 People of the ancient world should not be seen as naive. This applies both to engineering and to warfare.

One example comes to mind of a famous battle in which dead cats were tossed over the walls of a city where cats were sacred. It broke their defenses enough for the invaders to defeat them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-27 14:26|| 2007-11-27 14:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Did the Hittites overthrow the Crudites? I think the latter were vegetarians or something. My world history is a bit hazy.

Posted by eLarson 2007-11-27 17:21|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-11-27 17:21|| Front Page Top

#5 The Hittite Old Kingdom (along with some contemporary minor kingdoms) represents the first appearance of Indo-European speakers in the area. The Hittite language is pretty far down on the Indo-European tree, retaining a lot of forms that were archaic when the pre-Homeric Greeks showed up.

Posted by Fred 2007-11-27 20:23|| 2007-11-27 20:23|| Front Page Top

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