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Drayton Bird's avatar

About 80 years ago when very young I was given a book called Myths and Legends of Ancient Babylon and Assyria by Breasted. This gave me a lasting interest in history. The man who gave it to me was called Harry Francis. I wonder if he ever thought he would change a young boy's life and lead me to become a writer?

Moon Cat's avatar

Absolutely nothing new. First take the mines for making weapons then food and then everything. Like Hitler took Czechoslovakia for the mines. Like Putin is trying to take Donsbach Ukraine for the mines and heavy industry while the rest is the major grain exporter, and the Tech Bros want Greenland for rare metals so they can take over the World with surveillance, data and financial control. Amazing to see how far back this started.

Carol Chapman's avatar

Fascinating and all new to me. Thanks for including the resources, the tin mines, fertile land, water wars and trade routes.

Jinja's avatar

Great Article really interesting and informative Thanks thumbs up 👍😃