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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239758)	8/23/2007 2:12:30 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

nadine, you are lapsing back into the habit of making vague generalizations and then having to re define them when challenged... please be more carefull in wording your comments.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239758)	8/24/2007 9:26:18 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

re industrial rev.Most arab countries lacked the basic easily accesible mineral deposits.....iron ,coal,gold ,silver...have a look at the history of coal and iron in england and america...they developed at the confluence coal, coke and iron ore deposits.....and tranport was facilitated by water.Pittsburgh is an ideal example. however the arabs did make the finest steel and pottery that was highly ought after in the west.... and its odd how you overlook gunpowder ,paper,high quality steel,medicine and mathamatics. also have a look at the ruthlessness of the dutch east india company in in eliminating any local challenge to their monopolies in the spice trade......and did you know that east asia year after year produced 75% of the gross word product until the 1860s? and again i marvel at anyone who on one hand sustains the memory of a great wrong while denying all others that very right... Nadine it make you look like a bad person.....seriously.