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by dwighttk 980 days ago
927 - 1066 doesn’t seem that old to me ;)
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dukeyukey 980 days ago
1066 was just another guy coming to claim the throne. You wouldn't say a company was abolished when it gets a new CEO, and you shouldn't say a country is no more when someone claims the throne.
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dwighttk 980 days ago
I would if the new ceo quartered the old one.
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gadders 978 days ago
So France only dates from 1945?
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gadders 980 days ago
Show your working.
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dwighttk 980 days ago
Cf. Bayeux tapestry
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