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To: SunkenCiv; nuconvert; freedom44; Cyrus the Great; LibreOuMort; sionnsar; DGHoodini; FARS; ...
Fascinating. An archeologist's gold mine.

The Achaemenid "violin" shields were neat.

Iran History Ping!

3 posted on 11/09/2009 5:24:02 PM PST by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood

Sorry, Iran does not exist. It is called Persia.


7 posted on 11/09/2009 5:27:20 PM PST by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: SolidWood; SunkenCiv; LibWhacker
WTF? Herotodus got something *right* ?

Cheers!

12 posted on 11/09/2009 5:33:50 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: SolidWood

Put a spear in the cleft and you have a Shield Wall, an interlocking wall of Iron Points. The Ancient Greeks did the same thing, the troops were better armored though.


16 posted on 11/09/2009 5:45:57 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: SolidWood
Whoops, sorry!

Thanks SolidWood


19 posted on 11/09/2009 5:49:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SolidWood

Great story!


22 posted on 11/09/2009 6:02:18 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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