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Mexicans, on the other hand, are descendants of people who include latins and phoenicians (the most heavily agricultural and civilized people in their part of the old world), Aztecs and related tribes (also heavily agricultural).
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture” 2009
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The old testament says that the Israelis took the land of canaan by force from the phoenicians by force.
Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies 2005
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And, in an already historical plane, the phoenicians, cartaginians and greeks had important colonies in the Iberian Peninsula and yes, the phoenicians traveled even to Britain to commerce with thin ore.
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Can anyone please explain this east side/west side dichotomy for the ignorant phoenicians?
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Wii-volution 2010
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Report Violation posted by superfrex on Jul 21, 2010 at 02: 12 PM hey Kent .. don't forget to include a map for Coconino high school where the wednesday night practices are gonna be held ... all the phoenicians might need some help finding the school since it is not near NAU .... can't wait for the redbirds to come up, it really gives our town
azcentral.com | news 2010
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ties in defeating an invading army, under Alfonso II.It was part of the Roman Empire, as you said HISPANIA was all of present day PORTUGAL and SPAIN.The word HISPANIA comes from a word that the phoenicians used to describe what they call the land of rabbits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Would Sotomayor be the First Hispanic Justice? 2009
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But I’ll find you plenty of lebanese phoenicians, egyptians, syriacs, etc. who would disagree.
Is a Play About Gaza Anti-Semitic? Read the Script. - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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That being said, israeli’s need a home, and since the phoenicians are no more as a distinct people, I think a partitioning of Israel is the most rational option.
Think Progress » Protest Turnout: A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Lies 2005
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These first ’suicide terrorists’ used this technique because they felt powerless in their own homeland (lets forget they stole the homeland from the phoenicians) against an occupying force, and felt that it was reasonable to defend their country in this way.
Think Progress » Rush on Katrina: “We Can Make This a Category 5 Hurricane Destruction of the Left” 2005
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