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Mithalwen · 04-18-2005, 09:12 AM

[QUOTE=Amanaduial the archer]No-o. Sadly not always the case. When I stopped Geography two years ago, my text book still had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and a divided Germany in it. A leeetle bit out of date, methinks...

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Germany was still divided when I did my school exchange

And my geographical map of africa was hightly innaccurate - since the atlas at home dated form the 50s and so it had Rhodesia and Tanganika and so forth

At least it was marginally better than my early 20th century set of "People of all Nations" ...beyond imperialist..

04-18-2005, 09:12 AM	#11
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	[QUOTE=Amanaduial the archer]No-o. Sadly not always the case. When I stopped Geography two years ago, my text book still had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and a divided Germany in it. A leeetle bit out of date, methinks... QUOTE] Germany was still divided when I did my school exchange And my geographical map of africa was hightly innaccurate - since the atlas at home dated form the 50s and so it had Rhodesia and Tanganika and so forth At least it was marginally better than my early 20th century set of "People of all Nations" ...beyond imperialist.. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace