Saturday, July 24, 2010

WHEN AFGHANISTAN WAS GREAT...

BETWEEN 900 AND 1600...AFGHANISTAN WAS ARGUABLY THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD... WE CALLED AFGHANISTAN THE MUGHAL EMPIRE IN THOSE DAYS...

THE "HIGH CULTURE AND SCIENCE" WE OFTEN ATTRIBUTE TO MUSLIMS IN THE MIDDLE AGES...WERE REALLY CENTERED IN AFGHANISTAN...

HERAT WAS A GREAT CITY... KABUL THE CAPITAL OF A WEALTHY EMPIRE LOCATED ON THE SILK ROAD WHICH WAS PAVED WITH GOLD...

LUXURY GOODS AND HIGH CULTURE WERE EVERYWHERE...

MEANWHILE THE ENGLISH WERE STILL RUNNING AROUND IN ANIMAL SKINS...AMID THE RELICS OF ROME!


AFGHANISTAN WAS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD CULTURE AT A TIME WHEN EUROPE...AND ESPECIALLY ENGLAND WHERE ISOLATED BARBARIANS AT THE EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD...!

MAYBE BECK SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS...? YA THINK...?

WHO'SE HIDING THE REAL HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN...?