Two follow-ups: 1. RD:>>Was this connected to a Five Year Plan?<<
I'm not sure. It would seem such arguments were put forwards over the period of at least two decades, so I guess you could say it transcended any five-year plan. 2. About the Iberian connections. -St. George pops up everywhere, but the heraldic imagery that Georgia has chosen does indeed look very British. -One possible link between Iberia and the Caucasian Iberia is that perhaps somehow the term 'Iberian' refers to a culture/ethnicity/language etc. of a people who populated much of what is now Europe before Indo-European groups arrived. Hence you will see reference to a 'Iberian' stock/blood/racial type for Europe. They are supposed to be in some account, stocky dark hairy caucasian people. I think I have even seen this dragged out to account for dark, short Irish and Welsh--an Iberian 'sub-strata' is proposed. This has led to theories about how languages with no known affiliation--like Basque--might have come from the Caucasus. It's all rather doubtful in terms of ever arriving at convincing evidence. CJ _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
