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Spiff, two words: pro file.
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I must have mistook him with Nikolai then."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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But how old are YOU?Comment
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See my profile, in the "bio" field
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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or teh age timeline on eventisComment
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Tsk. No fun to have all the answers spoon-fed to you."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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I'm not childish!
My frogs are art!
My political and religious views are to be respected!
I'm 23. I haven't made love to any of these girls. I'm not really religious or nationalistic. I just dislike hatred towards religion and prejudices towards Poland and eastern Europe and am trying to fight against them here.
Mostly because You guys are boring and there's nothing better to do here
15?
Do You think I started making civ2 scenarios at age of 8-9?
Wait...
no-one plays civ2 anymore
"I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!Comment
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There are two stories I know about the Turkish flag:Originally posted by Bereta_Eder
even the crescent moon turkey uses for its flag is of byzantine origin
One is a legend that says after a particularly bloody battle, the sultan was touring the battlefield and came up with a group of Turkish troops slain close to each other and their blood formed a pool, upon which the reflection of the moon and a bright star (probably Venus, as they come very close to each other at times) fell. He was much moved by the spectacle and made it into a banner.
The second is less dramatic, that the crescent symbolises Islam, and the star the Turkish nation/people ("the star of Islam").
The first meaningful contact between Turks and Arabs took place in early 8th century, after the Arab conquest of Persia. At the time the Turks in Central Asia were mostly shamanic, and converted to islam later over a long period of time. Christianity never had a noticeable presence in that region.hey even the turks were christian before meeting the arabs.
Of course, there were Turkish/Turkic tribes that settled west of the Urals by then and they might have been converted to Christianity. Actually, there's a group of Orthodox Christian Turks right now (numbering a few hundred thousand) living in Moldova, speaking a very comrehensible version of modern Turkish.
There had also been Buddhist (Uighurs) and Jewish (Khazar) Turkic kingdoms/khanates in history."Common sense is as rare as genius" - Ralph Waldo EmersonComment
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The Uighurs had Manichaeanism as state religion for a while.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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The former have a long history of kissing Habsburg ass, the later of kissing Wittelsbach ass.Originally posted by VetLegion
What's the difference between Austrians and Bavarians?Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- ElokComment
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Nestorians have had successful missions among Turkish peoples, also after the conquest of Mesopotamia by Arabs.
Ujghurs were partially Christian as well (well, Manichaeanism could be considered a branch of Christianity as well), their alphabet derives from Syriac one.
My Turkish friend is absolutely convinced that it's a true history about the battle of MantzikertOriginally posted by Ancyrean
There are two stories I know about the Turkish flag:
One is a legend that says after a particularly bloody battle, the sultan was touring the battlefield and came up with a group of Turkish troops slain close to each other and their blood formed a pool, upon which the reflection of the moon and a bright star (probably Venus, as they come very close to each other at times) fell. He was much moved by the spectacle and made it into a banner.
I've heard that the star was added after the conquest of ConstantinopleThe second is less dramatic, that the crescent symbolises Islam, and the star the Turkish nation/people ("the star of Islam").
There were some Christians among Khazars and Turkish Bulgars as well. Also, some remains of Patzinaks and Uzes in the Balkans are Christian I guess. Though I rememeber one of these tiny group doesn't speak Turkish anymore.
Of course, there were Turkish/Turkic tribes that settled west of the Urals by then and they might have been converted to Christianity. Actually, there's a group of Orthodox Christian Turks right now (numbering a few hundred thousand) living in Moldova, speaking a very comrehensible version of modern Turkish.
There had also been Buddhist (Uighurs) and Jewish (Khazar) Turkic kingdoms/khanates in history.
Also, Polish-Ukrainian Armenians,
spoke Turkish and were Christian.
There were also some Turks that settled around Caesarea Mazaca (Kayseri) before the conquest of Anadolu by Muslim Turks - they were Christian as well."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
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Old timesOriginally posted by Spiffor
(in the old times, that pesky Gbagbo would have already been dead for years, to be replaced by a convenient pawn)
Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb !
Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.Comment
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