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> [“In our five thousand years of civilization, our history has often been the handmaid of geography. We lie exactly midway between the North Pole and the Equator. We are the gateway between the Fertile Crescent and Europe, between landlocked Central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcdonald/in-our-five-thousand-years-of-civilization-our-history-has-often-been/)

[Ian McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcdonald/)

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