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    Posted: 03-Mar-2006 at 05:18

Originally posted by Seko


India: Poor peasants that have made their way up the Capitalist caste system of the world.

 

ok seko, ive been thinking for 6 months now, and i've come to the decision that this just isn't nice.

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Afghanistan: Ahmed Shah Masood
Albania: Muhammed Ali Pasha
Algeria: Khair Al-deen Barbarossa
Argentina: Falkland islands war
Armenia:  Genocide
Austria: Franz Joseph II
Azerbaijan: Iranian Culture
Bahrain: Ancient Delmon
Belgium: Congo Kinshasa
Brazil:World Cup
China: Battle of Talas
Egypt: Pyramids
Ethiopia: Najashi
Frence:Napoleon
Georgia: Abkhazia
Germany: Frederick the great
Greece: Sparta
India: Ghandi
Iran: Nader Shah
Iraq: Cradle Of Civilization
Israel: Solomon
Italy: Mossolini
Japan: Defeated of Mongol invasion
Jordan: Battle of Yarmuk
Korea: China
Kuwait: Part of Iraq
Lebanon: Phoenicians
Mexico: Santa Anna
Mongolia:Hulagu Khan
Moroco:Moravid Empire
Netherlands: Power of Commerce
Norway: Nazis occupation
Pakistan: Muhammed Ali Janah
Poland:Cavalary
Portugal: Fasco Da Gama
Russia: Power of Motherland
Saudi Arabia: Only Arabia not Saudi
Spain: Reconquista
Sweden: Battle of Poltava
Syria: Umayyad's Base
Tanzania: Omanian Province
Turkey: Attaturk
Tunisia: Aghlabid
United Kingdom: Sir Francis Drake,Horatio Nilson
United States: Abraham Lincolin
Yemen: Queen Balqis


 

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Afghanistan: Talibans
Albania: Enver Hoxha and communism
Algeria: War against France 1954-62
Argentina: Falkland war
Armenia: old christian traditions
Azerbaijan: Oil?
Bahrain: Oil
Belgium: Battle of Waterloo
China: Emperor Shih Huangdi
Egypt: Faraos and ancient monuments
Ethiopia: Church of Lalibela, battle of Adowa 1896
France: Louis XIV
Georgia: Christian kings
Germany: Hitler, WW2 and the holocaust
Greece: Classic hellenic civilisation
India: Gandhi
Iran: Persepolis and the akamenids
Iraq: Saddam Hussein
Israel: Six days-war
Italy: Mussolini
Japan: Samurais
Jordan: Petra
Korea: Korean War
Kuwait: Gulf War, Oil
Lebanon: Bombing of Beirut
Mexico: Pancho Villa and the revolution, ancient civilisations
Netherlands: Dutch renaissance painters
Norway: Norwegian independence in 1905
Pakistan: Indus civilisation
Poland: Winged Hussars
Portugal: Naval expeditions in the 16th century
Russia: Tyrants and suffering people
Saudi Arabia: Muhammed
Sweden: Everything
Syria: Crusades
Tanzania: Tribesmen and colonial masters
Turkey: Attatrk
Tunisia: Carthage
United Kingdom: 19th century old men with sideburns and tall hats, walking with canes in a dark and foggy London
United States: American war of independence
Yemen: Incense
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  Quote saiwan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07-Mar-2006 at 14:26

iran: Cyaxares, ilam ,kermashan, medes

Iraq: Mulla Mostafa Barzani, Saddam

Turkey: calan

Syria: Saladins tomb

Sweden: Ericsson

Finland: Nokia

USA: Bush

United Kingdom: Madame tosoad?!

Russia: katarina the great

Greec: Plato

Macedonia: Alexander the great

 

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Afghanistan: Kabul
Albania: Caucasian Albania
Algeria: Capital is Algeria
Argentina: Petrosian vs. Fischer 1970 chess match
Armenia: Ararat
Azerbaijan: Shirvan
Bahrain: Part of Persia
Belgium: a reason why England declared war on Germany in WWI
China: Sun Tzu
Egypt: The Great Sphinx of Giza
Ethiopia: early Christian country in Africa
France: Napoleon Bonaparte
Georgia: Queen Tamar
Germany: holocaust
Greece: Socrates
India: peaceful people
Iran: Persia
Iraq: Assyria
Israel: Jerusalem
Italy: Rome
Japan: Rape of Nanking
Jordan: King of
Korea: 38th parallel
Kuwait: Sumer
Lebanon: Enver Pasha, "We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation"
Mexico: food
Netherlands: legal marijuana
Norway: Vikings
Pakistan: Islamabad
Poland: Partition between Austria, Prussia, Russia
Portugal: early New World Discoveries
Russia: Ivan the Terrible
Saudi Arabia: Deserts
Sweden: Area about 480,000 km^2
Syria: Damascus
Tanzania: Nile
Turkey: Armenian Genocide
Tunisia: Next to Algeria
United Kingdom: Shakespeare
United States: Liberty and Equality for all
Yemen: next to Saudi Empire

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  Quote sedamoun Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08-Mar-2006 at 08:37
Originally posted by Qin Dynasty

Tunisia: Casablanca

Casablanca is in Morocco, Tunisia's biggest cities are Tunis, and Sfax.

Cheers.

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  Quote QueenCleopatra Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05-Apr-2006 at 07:02

Kenya - safari

Egypt- Ancient Egypt, my dream holiday

USA- Obesity, War, Big Egos

Ireland- My home ,the best country on earth!

Spain- suns ea sand

Greece- culture, histroy

Italy- Romans, Pompeii, The Eternal City( Rome!), The Pope

France- Paris, Artists, Food

Austraila- cool accent, barrier reef, Sydney

India-English Occupation, Maharajas, Bollywood, Tiger

England- Football, Occupation force

China-Martail arts, Films

Germany- Holocaust, fear, Hitler

Japan-beauty, culture, Memoirs of a Geisha

Belgium-Poroit (love those " Little Grey cells)



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Afghanistan: taliban
Albania: nice girls
Algeria: Al-Jazeera
Argentina: falkland
Armenia: so-called genocide victims, history's most innocent!! people
Australia: sydney theatre
Azerbaijan: turkish people that have no sprit, soul..uneducated, rude but happy people
Belgium: goverment that support terrorism
Brazil:Football
Canada: Great flag
China: holocost of uyghur people, harworking people..stupid goverment system
Columbia: cocaine
Egypt: ancint civ.
Ethiopia: really innocent people
Frence: ugly girls
Finland: great great great
Georgia: people of the trade, harworking pple
Germany: hot girls, cool beers, nice country
Greece: great civilization, nice but agressive people
India: tata
Iran: the most beautiful girls in the world
Iraq: the worst coalition of history.. kurds-araps and many more rude pple
Ireland: green green green hills... urban legends, mystic people
Israel: nice but agressive people, smart pple
Italy: as funny as turkish pple, cool president like a cartoon work
Japan: intelligent, claver techno. pple
Jordan: araps
Korea: brothers war
Kuwait: araps
Lebanon: cool girls
Mexico: hot girls
Mongolia: mainland, home sweet home
Netherlands: orange
New Zealand: anzaks
Norway: Vikings
Pakistan: nuclear pple
Poland: great anti-turkish pple(cant understand why)
Portugal: cool football, great sailors
Russia: vodka
Saudi Arabia: Islam, miles of nothingness (as one of my friend says)
Scotland: the only owner of the island
Sweden: ericson, volvo
Switzerland: Chocolate
Syria: nothing
Turkey: goverments of s*its.. stupid-disgusting Islamic and kurdish(pkk)-lover politicans.. country of sheep people that have no reflex to the goverment.. funny , joker harworking pple
Tunisia: nice beachs
United Kingdom: fishermans friend, electronic music
United States: todays rulers
Uzbekistan: communism lover studip citizens
 

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Afghanistan: nice blue eyes
Albania: nice people-tekniku lavatrices
Algeria: berbers,French emperialism influence
Argentina: maradona
Armenia: religeon men
Azerbaijan: turks,oil,girls
Bahrain: Oil
Belgium: in de keuke,brocoli,city light of brussels,mons ,hadise
China: landwind,princess,shangai
Denmark :       
Egypt: kavalali mehmet ali pasha
Ethiopia: elvan abellygetze
France:le louvre,le mans,le jardin,le,le,le,lelelele,le,le,leeeeee
Georgia: cheap stolen cars
Germany: Hitler, WW2 , hans ,
Greece: hellen,hellas,turkish similarity,spartans,ottoman and roman empires
India: probably superb of future,energy,
Iran: mollas,earthquake,azeris
Iraq: Sad people
Israel: clever traders,their wars are on table
Italy: fiorentina
Japan: photo photo
Jordan: nice country name
Korea: seey hamingo, world cup
Kuwait: Oil
Lebanon: she was really good
Mexico: pancooo
Netherlands: het is een nacht, kusadasi-Turkey manias  
Norway: football
Pakistan: urdish
Poland: nice mountains
Portugal: figo, nuno gomes,benfica
Russia: one of the dominant countries in world,girlzzzzzzz
Saudi Arabia: modern cities on deserts
Sweden: cold
Syria: oil        
Tanzania: monster
Turkiye: Kemal Ataturk,nation,Troy,Ephesus(efes),miletus,antalya
Tunisia: Animaters,French influence
United Kingdom: expensive,royal academy, queen elisabeth
United States: American war of oil and water
Yemen: hicaz

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India: tata

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Afghanistan: Headache
Albania: Two headed eage
Algeria: barbery Pirates
Argentina: maradona
Armenia: religeon men
Azerbaijan: 1966 World Cup Final
Bahrain: Oil
Belgium: Justine Henin, Wateloo
China: Slitty eyes (sorry), great food
Denmark :  
Egypt: Pyramids, loesing wars to Israel.
Ethiopia: famine, Abyssinian civilization.
France:napoleon
Georgia: Gone with the Wind, oh no thats the other Georgia
Germany: Hitler, WW2 , hans , Great cars
Greece: hellen,hellas,turkish similarity,spartans,ottoman and roman empires
India: Hell Hole,
Iran: nadir Shah
Iraq: Sad people
Israel: Sharon, Wailing Wall
Italy: fiorentina
Japan: Togo
Jordan: Dead Sea, their Queen.
Korea: Hyundai
Kuwait: Oil
Lebanon: Hot girls
Mexico: Santa Anna
Netherlands: Every thing is allowed.
Norway:Cold
Pakistan:Home
Poland: Cavalry Charges against Tanks
Portugal: figo,
Russia: girls, Stalin
Saudi Arabia: modern cities on deserts
Sweden: cold
Syria: Roman Archers     
Tanzania: monster
Turkey: Kemal Ataturk,nation,Troy,Ephesus(efes),miletus,antalya
Tunisia: Animaters,French influence
United Kingdom: expensive,royal academy, queen elisabeth
United States: American war of oil and water. Really friendly people.
Yemen: Arabia Felix
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Afghanistan: mujahedeen
Algeria: pirates
Argentina: falklands
Armenia: little wars
Bahrain: Dilmun
Belgium: Nazi invasion and occupation
China: Boxers
Denmark : Kicking butt in the Dark Ages
Egypt: pyramids and pharoahs
Ethiopia: Battle of Adowa
France: Romans and Gauls
Georgia: Stalin and Beria
Germany: medieval towns
Greece: Athens
India: Alexander meets many elephants
Iran: Ayatollah
Iraq: Can't take Iran
Israel: ethnic conflict
Italy: Romans
Japan: samurai
Jordan: ancient cities
Korea: turtle ships
Kuwait: British creation
Lebanon: Phoenicians
Mexico: Tenochtitlan
Netherlands: fluyts
Norway: Norse raiders
Pakistan: trouble with India
Poland: trying to keep out the Germans all the time
Portugal: early colonial power
Russia: on parade in Berlin
Saudi Arabia: 1001 nights
Sweden: 17th century Northern Wars
Syria: Assyrians     
Turkey: Ataturk
United Kingdom: druids and pirates
United States: mullets and raccoon stew
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Famous leaders and or battles
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Afghanistan: Tropical paradise
Albania: Borders Greece
Algeria: Lots of sand
Argentina: Falkland war
Armenia: Cous cous
Azerbaijan:
Bahrain: Heavy precipitation
Belgium: Chocolate
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge
China: I don't own any

Cuba:Baseball
Denmark:
Egypt: Let my people go!
Ethiopia: Hell
Finland: Santa Claus
France: Douay
Georgia: Queen Tamar
Germany: Luther
Greece: Birth of Democracy
India: Constent Disasters
Iran: Ayrian
Iraq: Babylon
Ireland: Proud
Israel
: Jesus
Italy: Scipio Africanus
Japan: Pearl Harbor
Jordan: Petra
Korea: Divided
Kuwait: Oil
Lebanon: Sidon,Tyre,Byblos Phoenician ports
Mexico: The donkey show, Tiajuana (1996) Sorry!
Netherlands:Liberal.... Freedom without restraint
Norway: Vikings
Pakistan: In the shadow of India
Poland: Silisia home of the Vandals
Portugal: Port Mmmmmm
Russia: Gulag
Saudi Arabia: Oil, desert
Spain: Bull Fighting
Sweden: Cute blondes
Syria: Our Tour bus being spit at!
Tanzania: ?
Turkey: At onetime the Bastion of Christianity!
Tunisia: Hamlacar Barca
United Kingdom: The Saxons
United States:.....and then..... the rest!
Yemen: Great Coffee!


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Afghanistan: Afghanies fighting russians
Albania: Islamic state in europe
Algeria: Abul Qader / occupation resistance
Argentina: Manuela ( a Tv character actress)
Armenia: Christan
Azerbaijan: turksl
Bahrain: small
Belgium: choclate/ DayI

Canada: French
China: Emperors/ population
Denmark: Bad teeth Queen
Egypt: egyptians/ pyramid/ teachers
Ethiopia: jews
France: Mona lisa

Germany: Mercedes and BMW
Greece: Naked status, ancient greece
India: Diesl smell, good food and Muguls
Iran: Sheia and khomeine
Iraq: Ancient history, Abbasids and birth of shiasim
Israel: where?  oh ,Occupied land of Palestine.
Italy: Pope and Leonardo da vinci
Japan: Sushi and fireworks

Jordan: stupid combenation of western cloth and arabic head dressing
Korea: smelly food and cold weather
Kuwait: not much vegitation but great cloth shops
Lebanon: snow and lebanese singers
Mexico: the big hat
Netherlands: drugs/ prostitution
Norway: tall people and weird food

Oman: Omani sweet
Pakistan: leather and urdo

Portugal: orange
Russia:  no security
Saudi Arabia: Makkah 
Sweden: lots of trees
Syria: sweets 

Tiwan: dont buy it if expensive    
Tanzania: Oman
Turkey: Kemal Ataturk, Ottoman
Tunisia: confused

UAE:Home
United Kingdom: London
United States: Movies, stupid powerfull government
Yemen: weapons and mountains



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India: tata

A great Persian!

Tatas bought Truck Division of Daewoo Automobiles some time back.

Originally posted by Azimuth

Greece: Naked status, ancient greece

Naked Status!!!!!! On which issue Azimuth?

Originally posted by Azimuth

Korea: smelly food and cold weather

Food is smelly but weather is OK.



 

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  Quote azimuth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02-May-2006 at 11:05

oh sorry i meant statues

and ive been to korea in xmas day and it was freaking cold.

 

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Originally posted by azimuth

oh sorry i meant statues

OK.I thought you were referring to Cyprus or some other problem Greeks have with the Turks.I was thinking about reporting you to Yiannis.BTW what's your fascination with Naked statues.Some Greek statues depict well clothed Individuals.I like them both ways.

Originally posted by azimuth

and ive been to korea in xmas day and it was freaking cold.

I've climbed Mt.Soraksan in the month of january and it was -23 degress centigrade.I see South Korean girls wearing mini-skirts in Dec,Jan [without stockings].Hope you have AC in your tent.It's the month of May.

 

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  Quote Yiannis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02-May-2006 at 14:05
Originally posted by 0000

BTW what's your fascination with Naked statues.Some Greek statues depict well clothed Individuals.I like them both ways.

Apparently Azimuth has a taste for nudity, so I'll post a couple of ancient Greek porn pictures for him. Perhaps we can start an "ancient porn" thread at the Tavern. 

 

 

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  Quote azimuth Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02-May-2006 at 15:28

lol yiannis  thanks but thats just the first thing comes to mind not that iam "into" nude statues, iam neutral though.

 

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all this time and you dont know where iam? how come we know you each time you "come back" lol

 

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