Comments on: Five Historical Events to Remember…(even if sometimes we don’t.) http://granitestudio.org/2008/02/12/five-historical-events-to-remembereven-if-sometimes-we-dont/ A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeremiah http://granitestudio.org/2008/02/12/five-historical-events-to-remembereven-if-sometimes-we-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Jeremiah Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:26:50 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/2008/02/12/five-historical-events-to-remembereven-if-sometimes-we-dont/#comment-1288 Scott, It's true that military history is getting short shrift in the academy these days. The Battle of Talas is an interesting choice, though it's significance has been up for debate for some time--there are a range of ideas from 'border skirmish' all the way up to a battle to decide whether Turkestan would be culturally Muslim or Chinese. It certainly merits consideration on this list. BTW: You may want to try and search out the proxy codes for blogspot, wordpress, etc. When installed correctly, they allow easy access to those sites including the ability to post comments. I have them on my site, and there are other versions floating around cyberspace as well. Cheers. Scott,

It’s true that military history is getting short shrift in the academy these days. The Battle of Talas is an interesting choice, though it’s significance has been up for debate for some time–there are a range of ideas from ‘border skirmish’ all the way up to a battle to decide whether Turkestan would be culturally Muslim or Chinese. It certainly merits consideration on this list.

BTW: You may want to try and search out the proxy codes for blogspot, wordpress, etc. When installed correctly, they allow easy access to those sites including the ability to post comments. I have them on my site, and there are other versions floating around cyberspace as well.

Cheers.

]]> By: ScottLoar http://granitestudio.org/2008/02/12/five-historical-events-to-remembereven-if-sometimes-we-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 ScottLoar Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:15:49 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/2008/02/12/five-historical-events-to-remembereven-if-sometimes-we-dont/#comment-1286 Because I can't post to that forum I'll do s0 here. Although popularly disregarded now battles yet did and do determine history and The Battle of Talas is an historical event that surely trumps some of the others noted in importance and neglect. Because I can’t post to that forum I’ll do s0 here. Although popularly disregarded now battles yet did and do determine history and The Battle of Talas is an historical event that surely trumps some of the others noted in importance and neglect.

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