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ok. so by the same token, the invading Greeks and Romans were enemies of the Eastern culture then?
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Yes.
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Ok, then, I was taking into context West and East; in geographical terms... keep hearing how Islam is a threat to the "West", and it got annoying since Islam technically is also a Western religion, and one which has raped the East far worse then what it has done to the Western West...
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That may be. Again, the focus is West vs. Islam.
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Islam totally annihlated the Persian culture and the Buddhist culture of Northern India and also of Afghanistan...
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This is not my area or expetise or really related to the original argument. None theless, I was under the impression that Hinduism had already absorbed most of India's Buddhists by the time of the Muslim invasions. Also, it appears some Persian culture has survived.
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and Christianity I have never said destroyed Eastern culture, however, it did annihlate a lot of South American culture (like of the Mayans and Aztecs, etc) to get them to convert to Christianity...
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True, but non-topical.
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I used religion since it is religion from where culture resides...
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Sometimes.
It seems we've reached agreement on most of our points. The whole idea of clash of civilizations is interesting, to say nothing of Persian history.
A pleasant evening to you sir. We'll see where this thread goes.