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In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 8 Nov 2023 15:53:09 -0000, Janet
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nobody@home.com> wrote:
In article <uig0na$1jsjf$1@dont-email.me>,
T@invalid.invalid says...
On 11/8/23 04:42, ? Mighty Wannabe ? wrote:
Palestine has always been inhabited. Palestine is the land of the Bible, >> > or "Holy Land". Jerusalem is in the land of Palestine. In Biblical times >> > Palestine was a part of the Roman Empire, then it was a part of the
Bysantine Empire, then ruled by a succession of Caliphates, then the
Kingdom of Jerusalem, then the Ottoman Empire until the end of WWI.
Read Mark Twain's travels to the holy land. It
was largely uninhabited.
You do realise that "Innocents Abroad" is a satire, full
of irony and hyperbole? Twain was lampooning American
tourists travelling abroad.
It had humor and some satire, but it's factual reporting was accurate.
You do realize that.
Janet
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