But comets were really only unpredictable to ancient peoples, who lacked a knowledge of the full extent of the solar system.

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Ancient peoples tended to locate us, that is the structures which make up the limbic system, in the stomach, because the hormonal responses we trigger divert resources away from the digestive system, which is not critical in an emergency, towards the muscles used to attack or run away.

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Our work also contributes to our understanding of ancient history, elucidating why some cities were abandoned or why mature societies suffered decline, and confronting the enduring attraction of fault lines in luring peoples, ancient and modern, to settle along persistent danger zones.

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In a measure of the bitterness of the public debate, Serge Dassault, CEO of the Dassault industrial group and a conservative politician, predicted in November that gay marriage would lead to the decline of the French nation, like the peoples of ancient Greece.

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Since time immemorial, the development of peoples and intercultural exchanges along ancient trade routes have played a crucial role in the evolution and transformation of human civilization.

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This pattern was repeated throughout the ancient world, for example, pitting Chinese against the peoples of the Steppes, hurling German and Hunnish barbarian races against the Romans, and in countless upheavals throughout Meso-America.

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Strategically positioned on historic trade routes linking East and West, this ancient city has conserved an astounding monumental heritage reflecting the diverse cultures of the peoples that have settled here over millennia including the Hittites, Assyrians, Greeks, Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans.

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