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Dave Clark | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ec763b13 because Baghdad >>>
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bf2f712d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e56cd906 But, the battle of Carrhae! The Parthians! The Sasanians! The Roman counterinsurgency against the Judeans...proxy kingdoms...it’s all there! 😁
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Dave Clark | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @ec763b13 all of that is there for the Sassanids (and others) plus with better libraries and spices!