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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] It's part of my Bernd-inspired effort to actually examine culture BEYOND America. Of course, being history incarnate, it's not that difficult. But Iceland is my nation & culture of choice. Did you know that the world's first Basque dictionary was written by an northwest Icelander? He learned the language from Basque sailors who fished in the nearby waters. And that the only epic poem about the Balkan hero Skanderbeg was composed by an obscure Icelandic clergyman in 1861? The nation has a 4% unemployment level & a 100% literacy rate. When the University of Reyjavik was founded in 1911, the national population numbered a mere 90,000; today it's bloomed into a rampant 277,000. It also has the world's oldest legislature, the Al�ingi, & depite its so-called "Viking" roots, the nation's history has always been one of peace, law, & incredibly placid & civil anarchy. In AD 1000, the entire nation as a whole decided by vote to simply convert to Christianity--but didn't institute persecution of those who still worshipped the old pagan gods. Indeed, most people still paid homage to both. And if [i]Laxness[/i] was the first...then wouldn't it be the [i]Laxness[/i]-class? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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