Welcome to the Meghalayan Age - a new phase in history

BBC ^ | 18 July 2018 | Jonathan Amos

[bagman]

That’s what I thought that you were implying. My point is that the fact that Mesopotamia was included seems to belie your implication.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[JBW1949]

I don’t think anyone is or has tried to say Mesopotamia is a nation...

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

[Redcitizen]

Sorry, Can’t do it.

Too busy running my Ottoman (Sofa) Empire.

:D

[21twelve]

“My point was that you seemed to be choking on the mention of Palestine but not on the mention of Mesopotamia.”

Maybe when a bunch of terrorists want their “country” of Mesopotamia back he will.

[bagman]

If you don’t want the region to be referred to as Palestine, then what term should be used?

[Red Badger]

The Meghan-a-layin' Age?...................

[TADSLOS]

Gold Digging Skank.

[READINABLUESTATE]

:The Meghalayan Age is unique among the many intervals of the geologic timescale in that its beginning coincides with a global cultural event produced by a global climatic event...4200 years ago.

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