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**rusculture** · 09-21-2012, 03:04 PM

a couple of million living in that region can surely do it. of course, it is a lot easier if you have been travelling all around for years and it's not just names on a map, but you know about the culture, people, history. and btw, you just wouldn't believe how different these countries and people are, and how and why they look down on each other or are friendly with each other. it's not a red communist monolith, never been same diversity as Western Europe.
Asia, Africa, South America,whatever looks like a mass of countries from far away, must be the same for those inside.

anyway....
anyone tried www.freerice.com , for games? interested in your vocabulary levels

I am intellectually aware there are great differences in that region because a lot of the area forms the boundary between Christian Europe and the largely Islamic Middle East-profound differences which of course run far deeper than the two religions or, in the case of Christianity, the various types.

Just as abutting geological tectonic plate collisions causes earthquakes, I see the same thing happening sociologically in the area.

I am also aware of the stresses present between those countries from History-after all, such led in part to WW1-although there were already great tensions elsewhere-for example, more westerly European powers of the time forming alliances with and against each other-UK, France, V Germany, Austro-Hungary-and the scramble for land in Africa and elsewhere.

I have never seen Communism as bringing uniformity, more of keeping the lid on an ever explosive situation-example: Tito's Yugoslavia-OK-he was a Dictator-but he was Moscow backed for much of his reign.

I like that "free rice" game-(because I can do it !

) managed to knock up 1000 grains quite quickly!

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rusculture Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	a couple of million living in that region can surely do it. of course, it is a lot easier if you have been travelling all around for years and it's not just names on a map, but you know about the culture, people, history. and btw, you just wouldn't believe how different these countries and people are, and how and why they look down on each other or are friendly with each other. it's not a red communist monolith, never been same diversity as Western Europe. Asia, Africa, South America,whatever looks like a mass of countries from far away, must be the same for those inside. anyway.... anyone tried www.freerice.com , for games? interested in your vocabulary levels I am intellectually aware there are great differences in that region because a lot of the area forms the boundary between Christian Europe and the largely Islamic Middle East-profound differences which of course run far deeper than the two religions or, in the case of Christianity, the various types. Just as abutting geological tectonic plate collisions causes earthquakes, I see the same thing happening sociologically in the area. I am also aware of the stresses present between those countries from History-after all, such led in part to WW1-although there were already great tensions elsewhere-for example, more westerly European powers of the time forming alliances with and against each other-UK, France, V Germany, Austro-Hungary-and the scramble for land in Africa and elsewhere. I have never seen Communism as bringing uniformity, more of keeping the lid on an ever explosive situation-example: Tito's Yugoslavia-OK-he was a Dictator-but he was Moscow backed for much of his reign. I like that "free rice" game-(because I can do it ! ) managed to knock up 1000 grains quite quickly!
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