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To: elmatador who wrote (61425)4/1/2005 5:59:28 AM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Thinking about the 'middle belt' - on the East side, there are physical barriers-

Urals
Tein Shan mountains
Himalayas

and some large deserts.

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On the Western side, the barriers are

History - former soviet satellites
Culture, and Lnaguage

with the Black Sea +Danube, Mediteranian, Persian Gulf all providing easy transportation.

Not much north of the Alps to form a barrier.