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[Oracle]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

[YFred]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

No No, you are thinking of Lesbos island.

[insan]

Trying to help the coupists?

no... neither first time or second time turkey sent the troops and continued to invade after there was no cupe and after sampson resigned they still carried on to invade... but no i mean to help keep turky away..

just like english sat back and did nothing as long as they have their bases they are ok.. hiering tcs for police and cerfues on the island where it was not their place.. england came bering gifts and promising to help cyprus when all they wanted was army here.. england has done about as much good to cyprus as turkey has done

what did you expect cypriots to do when england came and ruled cyprus and wanted their inepdendance? to not try fight for freedom for their land?

they where right to fight off the english for their land. the british are no better then the turks pretending to care about cyprus for any other reason then military presance. and you english who come buy our stolen land even after the invasion these decades later.

Sampson resigned but EOKA-B was still active and threatening of waging a guerilla warfare. Do ur history text books skip all these facts, Palio?

[YFred]

Trying to help the coupists?

no... neither first time or second time turkey sent the troops and continued to invade after there was no cupe and after sampson resigned they still carried on to invade... but no i mean to help keep turky away..

just like english sat back and did nothing as long as they have their bases they are ok.. hiering tcs for police and cerfues on the island where it was not their place.. england came bering gifts and promising to help cyprus when all they wanted was army here.. england has done about as much good to cyprus as turkey has done

what did you expect cypriots to do when england came and ruled cyprus and wanted their inepdendance? to not try fight for freedom for their land?

they where right to fight off the english for their land. the british are no better then the turks pretending to care about cyprus for any other reason then military presance. and you english who come buy our stolen land even after the invasion these decades later.

Sampson resigned but EOKA-B was still active and threatening of waging a guerilla warfare. Do ur history text books skip all these facts, Palio?

Has anyone got the list of the untouchables that TPapa mentioned. Why were they untouchables if they were not from Eoka?

[Acikgoz]

Thank you Britain for giving us a language with which we can communicate with each other.

If Britain hadn't taken Cyprus from the Ottomans, would it not have had a more Turkish flavour now?

Under British rule the GCs grew vis-a-vis the TCs.

Brits are far from perfect, but I think people really should be more appreciative of the gifts that have been bestowed upon them.

Hey, while I'm feeling generous, thank you to the Greeks for their ancient works - note not the Greek Cypriots, they didn't really feature in the birth of western civilisation - bit players at best.

[Simon]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

As I have just stumbled across this article today, I thought I'd post it, as I for one was quite surprised at the claim. Although this is after the period you are referring to here, perhaps, just perhaps, ancient Britain was not as backward as we are led to believe.

The documentary also claims Britain was at the forefront of learning and scholarship in the first century AD, particularly in mathematics. And it looks at the maths involved in structures such as Stonehenge and the standing stones in Calanish on the Isle of Lewis, and relates it to mathematics in the Bible, medieval cathedrals and the modern-day credit card.

The 45-minute film will be launched at the British Film Institute in London on Friday.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx ... =151058316

[Oracle]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

As I have just stumbled across this article today, I thought I'd post it, as I for one was quite surprised at the claim. Although this is after the period you are referring to here, perhaps, just perhaps, ancient Britain was not as backward as we are led to believe.

The documentary also claims Britain was at the forefront of learning and scholarship in the first century AD, particularly in mathematics. And it looks at the maths involved in structures such as Stonehenge and the standing stones in Calanish on the Isle of Lewis, and relates it to mathematics in the Bible, medieval cathedrals and the modern-day credit card.

The 45-minute film will be launched at the British Film Institute in London on Friday.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx ... =151058316

The "mathematics" wasn't done before erecting the Stones ... it's like saying that the wheel was only invented after they worked out π = 3.142

[Malapapa]

Britain certainly should have come to Cyprus' aid in 1974, and a British Select Committee stated as much.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4dot ... on&f=false

If you read at the bottom of page 160, it clearly states that the Select Committee "decided that Britain had the legal right, a moral obligation and the military capacity to intervene, but did not do so. Britain had considerable forces at hand, and could have intervened with or without Turkey, to reverse the coup and had little doubt that either alone or as part of a UN force, Britain could have forestalled the first Turkish invasion."

Britain failed in its obligation to Cyprus. However, we must not forget the role of the US. Britain was actually willing to threaten Turkey with war in 1974, but the US warned them against such an action, and Britain feared another Suez if they went in without US support. So once again, it appears we are back to that cretin Kissinger, who has so much to answer for in Cyprus.

I say we sue. It wasn't a legal right, it was a legal responsibility.

And surely the Guarantor must pay and make good on demand all reasonable losses, damages, costs and expenses arising from or incurred as a result of any default under the Guarantee Agreement.

[YFred]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

As I have just stumbled across this article today, I thought I'd post it, as I for one was quite surprised at the claim. Although this is after the period you are referring to here, perhaps, just perhaps, ancient Britain was not as backward as we are led to believe.

The documentary also claims Britain was at the forefront of learning and scholarship in the first century AD, particularly in mathematics. And it looks at the maths involved in structures such as Stonehenge and the standing stones in Calanish on the Isle of Lewis, and relates it to mathematics in the Bible, medieval cathedrals and the modern-day credit card.

The 45-minute film will be launched at the British Film Institute in London on Friday.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx ... =151058316

The "mathematics" wasn't done before erecting the Stones ... it's like saying that the wheel was only invented after they worked out π = 3.142

Dear lady, please don't go round using words like erection and pie in one sentence. One gets put of one’s dinner.
Now regarding the cave dwelling Brits, were presumably the same ones that built Stone Henge 4000 odd years ago, or did I get the month wrong.
Stop pretending Greeks were or are something, because they are not. They are thieves. They stole the knowledge from the Egyptians and the Anatolians, and the Egyptians stole it from Central Africans. Learn you history before come out with crap like that please.
Also see the link to the first City ever built in the region. Guess what? It wasn’t in Greece was it old girl.

http://www.catalhoyuk.com/

[Simon]

BTW ... Pytheas the Greek was the first to Chart Britain over 2,000 years ago and name it .... He described it as a country full of backward 'cave men' eating berries ...

I think the Greeks rejected "Great Britain".

As I have just stumbled across this article today, I thought I'd post it, as I for one was quite surprised at the claim. Although this is after the period you are referring to here, perhaps, just perhaps, ancient Britain was not as backward as we are led to believe.

The documentary also claims Britain was at the forefront of learning and scholarship in the first century AD, particularly in mathematics. And it looks at the maths involved in structures such as Stonehenge and the standing stones in Calanish on the Isle of Lewis, and relates it to mathematics in the Bible, medieval cathedrals and the modern-day credit card.

The 45-minute film will be launched at the British Film Institute in London on Friday.

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx ... =151058316

The "mathematics" wasn't done before erecting the Stones ... it's like saying that the wheel was only invented after they worked out π = 3.142

I would have to see the film to consider the details of the claims in order to comment. One thing is for sure, Stonehenge was a significant achievement and deserves to be acknowledged as such.