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Talk about what the youngsters don't know !! I didn't know just how much
turmoil and just how many people had taken over and ruled in Afghanistan and how much it has been forced to embrace and survive over the centuries !!
Just a list that I found online, jeesh.....
Bactria-Margiana (2200–1700 BC)
Medes (728-550 BC)
Achaemenid Persians (550-330 BC) Alexander the Great and Seleucids (312-260 BC)
Greco-Bactrians (305–125 BC)
Conquest of Macedonian territories by India's Chandragupta Maurya
Sakas (155–80 BC)
Parthians (20 BC-50 AD)
Kushans (135 BC-248 AD)
Sassanids (230–565 AD)
Kidarites (320–465 AD)
Hephthalites (White Huns) (410–557 AD)
Kabul Shahi (565–879 AD)
Islamic Caliphate (642-873 AD)
Saffarids (863–900)
Samanids (875–999)
Ghaznavids (963–1187)
Ghorids (1149–1212)
Mongols (1258–1353)
Timurids (1370–1506)
Mughals and Safavids (1501–1738)
Hotaki dynasty (1709–1738)
Afsharids (1738–1747)
Durrani Empire (1747–1826)
The Great Game (1826–1919) Brits, etc.....
Reforms of Amanullah Khan (1919–1929)
Reigns of Nadir Shah and Zahir Shah (1929–1973)
Daoud Khan's Republic (1973–1978)
Afghan Civil War
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992)
Soviet invasion
Civil war of 1990s
United States and NATO involvement
posted by
benzinha
on May 22, 2010 at 11:53 PM
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You are so correct on the learned behavior! It would be a boon for you to be successful to end the cycle! Kids should grow up thinking of opportunity for a quality life as opposed to strife! sam
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sam444
on May 17, 2010 at 7:29 AM
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Yes, we must break this cycle somewhere/
posted by
Straightforward
on May 15, 2010 at 9:24 AM
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I've heard this question asked before...
An Irishman, asking, when children are taught to go out and throw bombs, what kind of adults will they become? What kind of world will they make?
Yet, every heart won, each thread of trust worked into the weave, makes the chances so much better--that single candle lighting in the gloom. Every act of consideration, connection, respect... is a spark that could take, even if it is a small candle.
Defenseless under the night
our world in stupor lies,
yet everywhere
ironic points of light flash out
wherever the just exchange their messages.
May I, composed like them
of Eros and of dust,
beleaguered by the same
negation and despair.
show an affirming flame.
(WH Auden: 'September 1, 1939')
posted by
Ciel
on May 15, 2010 at 8:15 AM
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