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War ... always has been ... always will be

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War ... always has been, and as long as there is ego therefore selfishness & separation ... it always will be.  Take  Istanbul for example. It has been ravaged with almost 13 invasions since (as early as recorded) 2000 BC: 1) 2nd millenium BC: first inhabitants of the Asian side of Istanbul area 2) 7th century BC: Greek king Byzas colonized the Bosphorus strait, the only access to the Black Sea and named the city Byzantium. 3) 6th century BC: Persian  Empire ruled the city 4) 4th century BC: Alexander the Great conquered it. 5) 2nd century AD: Roman  Empire's Septimus Severus conquered it 6) 4th century AD: emperor Constantine the Great made Byzantium the capital calling it Constantinople and built on 7 hills like Rome, while eastern empire was called Byzantine Empire. 7) 6th century: during Justinian I's rule, riots destroyed it but rebuilt with outstanding structures such as Hagia Sophia (meaning holy wisdom) and monuments in honor of the age of Byzantine...