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That was my thought as well. However it spent a great deal of time under foreign rule: under the Greeks and Romans, the Turkish / Ottoman empire, and later under British occupation. And, I just discovered what boxer Muhammad Ali's referent was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_history



So have Vietnam, China, and Iran.


Japan's older than China. But yes. As I mentioned in my post above.




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