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			I know this is a bit cheeky but I just cannot stop myself.  Only a little fun.  Tim
		 
		
		
		
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			Many Afrocentric proponents would put your idea "bass ackward": it was the ancient Somalis who taught Alexander the art of swordmaking, war, and universal culture.  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Yannis, do not get upset, but the truth is that Aristoteles was a Tutsi!     
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			I thought he was Filipino....oh well.  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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 ![]() Don't quite a few blades have a similar shape? Nepali kukris and Turkish yataghans also have that forward curve.  
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 I'm pretty sure that the Afar dagger is more closely linked to the jambiya than to the kukri. Lew  | 
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