@hbdchick @JayMan471 @SuperMisdreavus But surely the levels of consanguineous marriage varied thru time and space as the Arabs expanded.
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@futurepundit@JayMan471 @SuperMisdreavus good point. and quite possibly. dunno. the only thing is that teh anthropologists reckon...
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@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus tribalism does not preclude concentric circles of allegiance; even if arabs more clan-orientated they will still+ -
@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus +show ethnic cohesion, relatively speaking; thus, Arabs not nearly as bothered by US invasion of Afghanistan as+ -
@pseudoerasmus@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus This is the reference your discussion is missing, but sorely needs http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591025877/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1591025877&linkCode=as2&tag=theschssta-20 … -
@Scholars_Stage@pseudoerasmus @SuperMisdreavus yeah, really good book! (^_^)
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@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus +US invasion of Iraq, which just caused apoplexy+Arabs also much more concerned with Israel-Palestine than any+ -
@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus +than with any non-Arab "Muslim", the Palestine thing is permanently prolonged whereas Arabs may pay lip service+ -
@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus +to other "righteous" causes (Chechya, Kashmir, Xinjiang, etc) but they never excite the Arabs as much as the+ -
@hbdchick @SuperMisdreavus +situation of their ethnolinguistic kin, the Palestinians
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 @SuperMisdreavus They must have had groups that had relatively fewer cousin bonds and more loyalty to larger groups.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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