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> it took hundreds of years

Compared with a few years for the wars. That's the point - it's easier to wage war than to change a culture.

Another interesting book along these lines is this one:

A Language History of the World http://t.co/f80cwQo

It uses languages to look at where they 'stuck' and where they didn't, why, how, and so on.



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