http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/russia-arming-taliban (http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/russia-arming-taliban)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdbx2USe6is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdbx2USe6is) best kept secrets Ukraine
http://primetour.ua/en/excursions/weekend/tripole---k-tsivilizatsii-drevney-arattyi.html (http://primetour.ua/en/excursions/weekend/tripole---k-tsivilizatsii-drevney-arattyi.html)
https://archive.org/details/youtube-hS5ehn4fEDw (https://archive.org/details/youtube-hS5ehn4fEDw)
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta is an interesting tale about a diplomatic exchange and prelude to war between Enmerkar, the king of Uruk, and the unnamed Lord of Aratta, from around 2100 BC.
Enmerkar wants precious stones for a new temple, Aratta wants barley as his people are under a famine. Enmerkar begins negotiations belligerently, but Aratta does not fear Uruk's military might, and thus begins the conflict between the two cities.
The text is notable for being a very early version of the "Confusion of Tongues" narrative, in addition to including a story about the invention of writing on clay tablets.
http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm (http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1823.htm)
https://archive.org/details/gimbutas_m_bronze_age_cultures_in_central_and_eastern_europe (https://archive.org/details/gimbutas_m_bronze_age_cultures_in_central_and_eastern_europe)
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