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		mihaic 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Interactive World History Atlas Since 3000 BC Please don't make this political, especially since it's about a cool project and not the minutia of the data. I'm sure you don't want the Iranians claiming ownership of the region due to whatever Cyrus and Darius would have conquered.

nflekkhnnn 28 days ago [–]

Why not? History matters.

mihaic 28 days ago | [–]

Sure, history matters, but I'll return the burden on you to argue why Israel/Palestine matters specifically in this context. Otherwise, it's irrelevant noise to the topic at hand.

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