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Say What # 32: How long will the U.S be around? · Challenges of Faith Radio Program

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  Speaker 1: Darkness no longer. A child is born, mother shed tears
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  Speaker 1: We who are here at heart. Somehow I'd see the
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  Speaker 1: a new day, a brand day. It's Jay, a band day, Jane,
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  Speaker 2: It's a day day.
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  Speaker 1: It's a no no.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to challenges to faith radio program. I'm Gary McCant,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining, Thank you for joining, like to
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  Speaker 2: acknowledge Guy and you are listeners on the say what.
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  Speaker 3: The question is? How long does nation's last? Maybe yours
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  Speaker 3: or mine? A.
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  Speaker 2: Williams recently said that recently President Biden did not recognize
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  Speaker 2: God in his Thanksgiving message, something former presidents warned against
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  Speaker 2: and said the President only thanked the American people and
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  Speaker 2: omitted reference to God as the source of blessings for
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  Speaker 2: which many Americans celebrate gratitude. On the Holiday of Thanksgiving,
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  Speaker 2: President Lincoln praise to our beneficent Father, benifited the Father
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  Speaker 2: who dwell up into heavens, and in case anyone forgets
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  Speaker 2: to thank Almighty God for these gifts. Lincoln also issued
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  Speaker 2: a warning, noting that these bounties are so constantly enjoyed
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  Speaker 2: that we are prone to forget the source from which
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  Speaker 2: they come. President Hayes also shared a similar proclamation, stating
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  Speaker 2: that would drawing themselves from secular cares and labors, the
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  Speaker 2: people of the United States do meet together on that
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  Speaker 2: day in their respective places of worship, there to give
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  Speaker 2: thanks and praise to Almighty God for his mercies, and
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  Speaker 2: to devoutly beseech their continuance the US President Biden god out.
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  Speaker 2: So the question is how long on average do countries last?
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  Speaker 3: Do you know and say what average?
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  Speaker 2: Company countries typically last one hundred and fifty eight years,
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  Speaker 2: while empires stick around for two hundred and fifty years. However,
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  Speaker 2: the life spans of individual countries are hard to predict.
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  Speaker 2: Keep about that from the perspective of of you or
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  Speaker 2: you you, you, you, wherever you live at, whatever your
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  Speaker 2: zip cod wherever your skin tone, whatever your title, whatever
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  Speaker 2: your economics. Do you know how long you're going to live?
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  Speaker 2: Look at the obituaries around the globe and then answer
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  Speaker 2: that question.
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  Speaker 3: Or with those that you know that in your life.
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  Speaker 2: Studies show that an empire survives on average two.
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  Speaker 3: Hundred and fifty years.
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  Speaker 2: But did you know that if the world's oldest person
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  Speaker 2: that lives in Japan Number one, Tomiko Atuka born May
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  Speaker 2: the twenty third, nineteen oh eight, one hundred sixteen.
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  Speaker 3: Years ago, in one hundred and ninety some days.
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  Speaker 2: Number seven, if we talk about my country, Naomi Whitehead
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  Speaker 2: born twenty sixth or September nineteen ten, one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fourteen years ago. Here in the United States, you know
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  Speaker 2: there are a lot of people unaware of this statistic,
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  Speaker 2: which may suggest.
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  Speaker 3: Much about our country's future.
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  Speaker 2: It's time for Americans to see the reality that our
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  Speaker 2: time as a world superpower may be limited and that
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  Speaker 2: the United States global dominion will not persist indefinitely. Have
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  Speaker 2: you looked around in your own country? But how about
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  Speaker 2: my country? The United States?
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  Speaker 3: Around?
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  Speaker 2: And this may be hard to grasp and accept. It
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  Speaker 2: has never been true for any civilization in the past.
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  Speaker 2: It will never be true for any society in the future.
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  Speaker 3: Say what.
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  Speaker 2: Did you know that many Americans do not regard the
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  Speaker 2: United States as an empire in the classical sense, despite
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  Speaker 2: the fact that many people globally do.
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  Speaker 3: Say what?
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  Speaker 2: Since World War Two, the United States has been primarily
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  Speaker 2: concerned with spreading democracy and freedom across the world for
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  Speaker 2: the sort of global liberator, and this is a critical
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  Speaker 2: consideration of determining whether the United States belongs in the
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  Speaker 2: pantheon or former empire suns. Like those before, it has
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  Speaker 2: been primarily interested in extending influence and power. In twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty six, the United States of America will celebrate as
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, nearing the two hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty anniversary of the fall the most previous civilization with
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  Speaker 2: ongoing internal turmoil ranging from race to financial disparity, fribalism,
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  Speaker 2: and other countries gradually pulling away from the United States.
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  Speaker 3: It appears.
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  Speaker 2: That the tides are turning against us, a financial catastrophe
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  Speaker 2: or civil war that causes the United States to fall apart.
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  Speaker 2: But learning from the past is critical if we are
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  Speaker 2: to slow down inevitable. And the question is why is
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  Speaker 2: China If you take a look at China survive for
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  Speaker 2: five thousand years, what have they discovered that the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the world's great empires have not seen empires like
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  Speaker 2: the United States rise and fall, and they've seen other
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  Speaker 2: dynasties come and go.
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  Speaker 3: There are important lessons for.
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  Speaker 2: The United States to learn, including the fact that it's
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  Speaker 2: not too late to save it. Always say to my staff,
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  Speaker 2: if I take a sip of my water when all
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  Speaker 2: else look bleak and gleam, and a follower of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: Christ in a right relationship with God or followers cry
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  Speaker 2: out to God of the scripture, I said, you notice
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  Speaker 2: how God will always come through one time when everybody
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  Speaker 2: else is not mentioning God or even thinking about God.
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  Speaker 3: It's been shown that if we learn from.
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  Speaker 2: History a great nation can endure and outlive others. The
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  Speaker 2: critical issues whether we would do so before it's too late,
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  Speaker 2: says Whims. So you have these secular, historic global empires,
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  Speaker 2: but the question who were they? And you got to
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  Speaker 2: remember now always look at the writer and the motives
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  Speaker 2: can them Holy Roman Still Empire, Republicans Benice Cush and
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  Speaker 2: Roman Eastern Roman Empire.
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  Speaker 3: And when they talked about.
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  Speaker 2: The Portuguese and Portuguese Empire, they indicated it may have
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  Speaker 2: been the first global empire in history. It began in
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  Speaker 2: fourteen fifteen when the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator became
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  Speaker 2: fascinated by exploration down the coast of Africa. In fourteen twenty,
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  Speaker 2: the Portuguese discovered the uninhabited island of Madeira and sent
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  Speaker 2: colonists to settle it. And this was the first of
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  Speaker 2: many lands the empire claimed in its five hundred and
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  Speaker 2: eighty four years and the source was our reference to
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  Speaker 2: World War Two. Decolonization efforts began in a number of areas,
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  Speaker 2: with many European countries pulling out of their colonies around
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  Speaker 2: the world. It wasn't until nineteen ninety nine that Portugal
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  Speaker 2: gave up Macau to China, signaling the end of the
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  Speaker 2: empire and the source being The Portuguese Empire was able
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  Speaker 2: to expand because of its excellent weaponry, naval superiority, and
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  Speaker 2: its ability to rapidly set up ports to trade spices slaves, ivory,
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  Speaker 2: and gold. They also had enough man prior to quickly
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  Speaker 2: conquer new peoples and gained land the sources mud, but
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  Speaker 2: like most empires throughout history, regions eventually sought to reclaim
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  Speaker 2: their lands. The Portuguese Empire crumbled due to several factors,
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  Speaker 2: including clashes with the British Empire in Africa and republican
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  Speaker 2: activists in Portugal, which changed the country to a republic.
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  Speaker 2: Number nine was the Ottoman Empire. It expanded into the
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  Speaker 2: largest political entity in Europe and Western Asia, and encompassed
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  Speaker 2: a broad range of cultures, religions, and languages. Despite those differences,
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  Speaker 2: the empire managed to prosper for six hundred twenty three
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  Speaker 2: years from thirteen hundred to nineteen twenty three, according to Gormley.
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  Speaker 2: But it got its start as a small Turkey state.
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  Speaker 2: After the week End Viciniting Empire withdrew from the area,
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  Speaker 2: osmond I pushed the boundaries of its empire outward, leaning
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  Speaker 2: on strong judicial, educational military systems, as well as the
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  Speaker 2: unique method of transferring power. According to b BC, the
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  Speaker 2: empire continued to expand, eventually taking Constanoble in fourteen fifty
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  Speaker 2: three and pushing deeper into European and North African territories.
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  Speaker 2: Civil wars in the early nineteen hundreds, followed immediately by
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  Speaker 2: World War One and the Turkish War of Independence, signal
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of the end. At the conclusion of World
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  Speaker 2: War One, the Treaty of Sebze divided up most of
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  Speaker 2: the Ottoman Empire. Final nail in the coffin came after
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  Speaker 2: the Turkish War of Independence resulted in the new Turkish state.
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  Speaker 2: According to Grombley, inflation and competition and unemployment often cited
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  Speaker 2: as key factors in the Ottoman Empire's demise. Each section
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  Speaker 2: of the massive kingdom was culturally and economically diverse, and
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  Speaker 2: its residence eventually wanted to break free.
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  Speaker 3: And as you hear me expound on the history.
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  Speaker 2: Of these empires that are no longer, how about in
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  Speaker 2: your country? Does your country for mine? The Khmer Empire Khmer,
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  Speaker 2: established in the late twelfth century by a king located
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  Speaker 2: the president day present day of Cambodia was the last
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  Speaker 2: and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. Little
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  Speaker 2: was known about the empire, however, is capital city was
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  Speaker 2: said to be all aspiring things, in part to one
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  Speaker 2: of the world's largest religious conflicts, built around eleven twenty
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  Speaker 2: two CE. It began in approximately eight o two CE
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  Speaker 2: and lasted to fourteen thirty one. The empire's greatest king
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  Speaker 2: built temples, monuments, highways, and hospitals. Six hundred and thirty
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  Speaker 2: years later, in fourteen thirty two, it dissolved. Now I
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  Speaker 2: want you to really pay close attention to the y
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  Speaker 2: and how they was formed, and how they began to
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  Speaker 2: be a global empire, and what happened.
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  Speaker 3: To them, and tell me who's left out.
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  Speaker 2: The Thigh Thhai migration of the twelfth through fourteenth century
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  Speaker 2: CE was a decline of the empire. Eventually, the Thigh
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  Speaker 2: created their their own small kingdoms and as these power
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  Speaker 2: they started to attack imperial territories and took ingor In
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  Speaker 2: fourteen thirty one see EVAs became the end of that empire.
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  Speaker 2: Number seven Ethiopian Empire. Considering the length of its rule,
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  Speaker 2: Ethiopian Liberia were the only African powers to resist the
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  Speaker 2: European scrambled for Africa. The Empire's long reign began around
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  Speaker 2: twelve seventy CE, when the Solomonic Dynasty overthrew the Sagway
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  Speaker 2: dynasty declared they owned the rights to the land based
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  Speaker 2: on the lineage to King Solomon, shifting power to Theists.
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  Speaker 2: From there, the dynasty or dynasty went on to become
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  Speaker 2: an empire by incorporating new civilizations within Ethiopia under its rule.
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  Speaker 2: With the source beings the New World Encyclopedia, it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: until eighteen ninety six, when Italy declared war against it,
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  Speaker 2: that the Ethiopian Empire began to falter. Ethiopia held off
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  Speaker 2: its invaders, but Italy wasn't done, and nineteen thirty five
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  Speaker 2: Italian soldiers invaded Ethiopia in a war that raised was
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  Speaker 2: seven months into Italy.
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  Speaker 3: Was declared victorious.
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  Speaker 2: From nineteen thirty six into nineteen forty one, Italians ruled
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  Speaker 2: over the country. The Efthiopian Kingdom didn't overstretch its bounds
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  Speaker 2: or exhaust its resources. Civil wars. Civil wars contributed to
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  Speaker 2: its weakened state, but in the end, it was Italy's
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  Speaker 2: desire for expansion that led to Ethiopis faults.
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  Speaker 3: Now think about civil war.
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  Speaker 2: Internal weakened it so that externals could take control. Number
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  Speaker 2: six The Kingdom Empire.
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  Speaker 1: We know.
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  Speaker 2: Precious Hilto about the empire and how its people lived
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  Speaker 2: over time. His primary religion became Islam, although the introduction
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  Speaker 2: of the religion may have brought internal strife in the
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  Speaker 2: empire's early years. The Kingdom Empire Ka n e m
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  Speaker 2: time around a hundred CE and lasted until the thirteen nineties.
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  Speaker 2: It was located on what is now Chad, Libya and
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  Speaker 2: part of Niger. The empire's history split between two different
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  Speaker 2: dynasties or dynasties, the Dugiwa and Sapawa, the latter being
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  Speaker 2: the driving force to bring Islam to the country. Its
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  Speaker 2: expansion continued, including the period in which the king declared
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  Speaker 2: the Holy War Jihad against all surrounding tribes. The military
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  Speaker 2: system devised to facilitate the jihad created a governmental system
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  Speaker 2: based on hereditary nobility and which soldiers were rewarded with
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  Speaker 2: the land they conquered, which they passed down to their sons,
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  Speaker 2: and resulting in the civil war that weakened the territory
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  Speaker 2: and made it vulnerable to attack. Bulalah invaders were able
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  Speaker 2: to quickly take Najemma in thirteen ninety six and eventually
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  Speaker 2: take control of the entire Kingdom Empire. The lesson of
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  Speaker 2: the empires that unpopular decisions can create internal internal conflict,
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  Speaker 2: leaving the once powerful people defenseless. It's the story repeated
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  Speaker 2: throughout history. Number five Holy Roman Empire. The Battle of
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  Speaker 2: Legano made twenty ninth eleven seventy six CE forces of
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Roman Empire, led by the Emperor Frederic Barbotla
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  Speaker 2: or Barbarossa and the Lombard League. The Holy Roman Empire
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  Speaker 2: was seen as attempt to resurrect the Western Roman Empire.
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  Speaker 2: The name, however, comes from the fact that while the
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  Speaker 2: emperor was chosen by electors, he was crowned by the
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  Speaker 2: Pope in Rome. The empire lasted from eight hundred to
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  Speaker 2: eighteen oh sixtye and consisted geographically of a large midsection
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  Speaker 2: that was now in Central Europe, most notably the bulk
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  Speaker 2: of Germany. The empire began when Charlemagne was crowned by
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  Speaker 2: Pope Leo. At its peak, the Holy Roman Empire was
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  Speaker 2: made up of present day Germany to then Luxembourg, Lincolnstein,
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  Speaker 2: the Czech Republic, Australia, Slovenia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and large
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  Speaker 2: parts of modern Poland, France and Italy. After the Thirty
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  Speaker 2: Years War in sixteen forty eight, the kingdom was fragmented,
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  Speaker 2: planning the seed of independence. In seventeen ninety two, Rance
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  Speaker 2: was in the midst of a revolt. By eighteen oh six,
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  Speaker 2: Napoleon Bonaparte had forced the last Holy Roman Empire, Francis
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  Speaker 2: the Second, to abdicate, and the area was reorganized as
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  Speaker 2: the Confederation of the Rhyme Cilia Empire. Number four. This
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  Speaker 2: bronze standing Buddha dates from the Scila dynasty six hundred
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  Speaker 2: seventy sixth to nine thirty five ninth century Korea. The
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  Speaker 2: details are sketchy concerning the beginning stages of the empire,
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  Speaker 2: but we know by the sixth century was a highly
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  Speaker 2: complex The Lenax based society with pedigree decided everything from
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  Speaker 2: the type of clothes one would wear to the size
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  Speaker 2: of their house. While this system helped the empire initially
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  Speaker 2: gain land, it would eventually.
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  Speaker 3: Lead to its fall.
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  Speaker 2: Number three, the Republic of Venice, Public of the Basila,
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  Speaker 2: San Marco which stands in Venice, Italy. The Republic of
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  Speaker 2: Venice is a classic example of an empire stretching its
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  Speaker 2: border so far that it could not properly protect his capital.
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  Speaker 2: The pride of the Venetian Empire was its massive naval fleet,
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  Speaker 2: which enabled its rapid expansion across Europe and Mediterranean, eventually
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  Speaker 2: conquering historically important cities such as Cyprus and Crete. The
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  Speaker 2: Venetian's roof over one thousand years from the late seventeenth
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  Speaker 2: century to seventeen.
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  Speaker 3: Ninety seven c E.
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  Speaker 2: It began with a collection of Lagoon communities joined together
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  Speaker 2: for mutual defense against the Lombard's Huns and other stepped peoples.
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  Speaker 2: As the power of the Vincinigian Byzantine Empire dwindled in
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  Speaker 2: northern Italy sees.
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  Speaker 3: The trend of what happens? Have you been paying attention?
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  Speaker 3: You sure?
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  Speaker 1: You?
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  Speaker 3: Sure? All right?
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  Speaker 2: You heard about pride, want in power, relying on the military,
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  Speaker 2: all those things. Number two Cush Empire see Black Pharoahs.
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  Speaker 2: The Kushi Empire Floorish from six ten sixty nine BCE
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  Speaker 2: to around three point fifty CE and what is now
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  Speaker 2: known as the Republic of Sadan. Over the course of
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  Speaker 2: his long history, not much as known about the exact
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  Speaker 2: details of his politics. However, there is evidence of monarchies
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  Speaker 2: during the latter years. Still, the Kush exerted power over
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  Speaker 2: several smaller nations in the area and managed to maintain
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  Speaker 2: power in the region while expanding south to Cocher and
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  Speaker 2: lands with the resource they relied on timber. If the
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  Speaker 2: comedy was heavily dependent on trading iron and gold, evidence
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  Speaker 2: suggests the empire came under attack from desert tribes, but
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  Speaker 2: other scholars speculate the territory's over dependence on the iron
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  Speaker 2: economy led to deforestation, forcing its people to this when
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  Speaker 2: he ran out of timber, needed.
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  Speaker 3: To burn to force the iron.
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  Speaker 2: The theory suggests the Kingdom of Kutch fell because it
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  Speaker 2: destroyed its own land. Its rising falls were connected to
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  Speaker 2: the same industry. Number one Roman Eastern Roman Empire. A
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  Speaker 2: large cross stands erect in the infanteer of the coliseum
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  Speaker 2: in Roman. The Roman Empire span several different eras, but
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  Speaker 2: eventually lasted from twenty seven VCE to fourteen fifty three CE,
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  Speaker 2: a grand total of fourteen hundred and eighty years. The
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  Speaker 2: Republic Depresy. It was brought down by civil wars which
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  Speaker 2: led to the appointment of Julius Caesar as dictator. As dictator,
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  Speaker 2: see what happened social turmoil. Plague further weaken social turmoil.
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  Speaker 2: See what happens from the inside. So the question is
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  Speaker 2: how long? Oh, and don't forget about the fact that
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  Speaker 2: whether it was the expectation of land or people, no
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  Speaker 2: empire has been able to restrain social unrest caused by classism,
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  Speaker 2: unemployment ism, for lack of resources ism.
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  Speaker 3: Do you notice a trend?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the question is how long did the Ottoman Empire last?
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  Speaker 3: Well?
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  Speaker 2: The Oleoman Empire is one of the longest lasting empire
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  Speaker 2: in history. Remember it lasted for about six hundred years,
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  Speaker 2: ending in nineteen twenty two when the title of the
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  Speaker 2: Ottoman Sultan was eliminated. Another question, what were the biggest
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  Speaker 2: empires in history? The British Empire, Mongo Empire and the
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  Speaker 2: Russian Empire are the largest empires in history. Where are
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  Speaker 2: those countries at the data in terms of standing? Another question,
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  Speaker 2: how many years did the Roman Empire last?
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  Speaker 1: Well?
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  Speaker 2: As we just share, the Roman Empire, one of the
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  Speaker 2: greatest civilizations in history, lasted for over a thousand years,
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  Speaker 2: during which it had immense power and influence around the globe.
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  Speaker 2: Remember what destroyed the Roman Empire? Well, the multiple causes
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  Speaker 2: for the fall of the Roman Empire, one which was
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  Speaker 2: external military threats. And I also believe that the small
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  Speaker 2: pots play contributed to his downfall, spreading like wildfire, causing
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  Speaker 2: over two thousand people dying every day. What I found
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  Speaker 2: interesting about all these empires.
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  Speaker 3: No mention of the God of the scriptures. And speaking
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  Speaker 3: of the God of the scriptures, a question for it
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  Speaker 3: and to you and you, and you and you, what
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  Speaker 3: are the Biblical places still in existence today? Go ahead?
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  Speaker 3: Have you thought about Egypt?
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  Speaker 2: You know, one of the oldest biblically mentioned places that
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  Speaker 2: still exist today.
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  Speaker 3: And I knew that you already knew.
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  Speaker 2: Say what that Egypt was a key location for important
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  Speaker 2: events in both the Old and New Testaments. And today,
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  Speaker 2: apart from the conflict, more than fourteen point seven million
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  Speaker 2: tourists visit the country every year. And then you have
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  Speaker 2: Papo Cyprus. You know, a coastal city with ancient ruins.
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  Speaker 2: You know a city a country that's mentioned in Acts
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  Speaker 2: chapter thirteen, where Paul referred to as Sault and Barnabas
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  Speaker 2: arrived after traveling the whole island.
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  Speaker 3: Of Cyprus.
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  Speaker 2: And then you have Jerusalem Israel. You know, I know
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  Speaker 2: you know about Israel, especially on every day in the news.
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  Speaker 2: But apart from that, it's located within the Biblical account,
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  Speaker 2: not your count, your account, your count of my account
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  Speaker 2: of secutor account Biblical count of the Promised Land. Remember now,
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  Speaker 2: Jerusalem played a pivotal role in the lives of key
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  Speaker 2: Bible characters, and it's still considered one of the holiest
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  Speaker 2: cities in the world today. And then number four, you
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  Speaker 2: had Ephesus, you know, Turkey, which was an important center
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  Speaker 2: for early Christianity because Paul himself lived in the city
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  Speaker 2: from Ade fifty two to ade fifty four. And remember
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  Speaker 2: now Ephesus or Ephesus is also one of the seven
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  Speaker 2: churches of Asia that's cited in the Book of Revelations. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: remember it was a part of the Greek and Roman
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  Speaker 2: empires and Bible times in Bible times, and today its
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  Speaker 2: ruins are near Selkook in Turkey. And then number five,
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  Speaker 2: you had Rome, Italy. Remember we just as you're talking
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  Speaker 2: about Edie's peak, the Roman Empire comprives of twelve percent
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  Speaker 2: of the world's population and hit the city of Rome
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  Speaker 2: as its capital, and you see it mentioned extensively throughout
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  Speaker 2: the New Testament. Remember how Rome had a powerful impact
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  Speaker 2: and the circumstances surrounding who are Savior's birth and crucifixion.
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  Speaker 2: And then coming at number six, you got Damascus. You
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  Speaker 2: know Syria. You know Syria most famously known for the
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  Speaker 2: place as Saul was traveling to when God stopped him
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  Speaker 2: in his tracks literally. Remember so Damasus has been around
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  Speaker 2: since the third millennium BC, and in Bible times, Damassus
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  Speaker 2: was part of the Rim region is now the capital
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  Speaker 2: of Syria. And then you had Corinth over in Greece,
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  Speaker 2: another city in Paul's missionary travels. You know, the village
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  Speaker 2: surrounding the ruins of the ancient city was actually destroyed
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  Speaker 2: by an earthquake in eighteen fifty eight. The city of
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  Speaker 2: Corinth today is an industrial hub and lies about three
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  Speaker 2: kilometers from the original ancient city. And then number eight,
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  Speaker 2: you had Malta. Remember ship wrecked on over in Acts
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  Speaker 2: chapter twenty seven to twenty eight. Remember how that Paul
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  Speaker 2: ended up in Malta for three months, beginning the Christian
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  Speaker 2: influence that has continued down throughout the centuries. Today, Malta
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  Speaker 2: is the most religious nation in Europe with ninety eight
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  Speaker 2: percent of his citizens members of the Catholic Church. And
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  Speaker 2: then number nine you had Babylon. You know, Iraq a
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  Speaker 2: key biblical kingdom. You know, remember now Babylon appears probably
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  Speaker 2: in the books of Daniel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and most notably Revelation.
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  Speaker 2: It's the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia, and the
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  Speaker 2: ruins can be found in modern day Iraq. And then
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  Speaker 2: you had number ten Mountain Nevo Jordans. Remember the final
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  Speaker 2: chapter due around me, how that Moses climbed Mount n Nevo.
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  Speaker 2: Remember it was granted to view the promised lamd.
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  Speaker 3: Well today.
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  Speaker 2: The cities of Jericho and Jerusalem are usually visible from
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  Speaker 2: the summit. So as we continue, while we head toward
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  Speaker 2: wrapping up, and I know you're pondering it all, and
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  Speaker 2: I know you're going to listen to that song, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a New World Order Curtis Mayfield, powerful song. So what
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  Speaker 2: are the biblical signs, the biblical signs of a deterioration
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  Speaker 2: of a country? You know, over in Isaiah chapter nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: verse two through fifteen.
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  Speaker 3: I know you're going to write it down. It kind
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  Speaker 3: of gives you some signs of a dying nation. Maybe
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  Speaker 3: that's your nation or mind. But the judgment against Egypt
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  Speaker 3: is instructive.
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  Speaker 2: Because that's a lesson on what becomes of a nation.
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  Speaker 3: That opposes the Lord. I didn't tell you a little
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  Speaker 3: g God, I said to God the scriptures.
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  Speaker 2: So you want to think about these characteristics of a
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  Speaker 2: nation under the shadow of God's eminent judgment. Division, civil conflict.
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  Speaker 2: Remember how the Egyptians was against the Egyptians over in
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  Speaker 2: nine Isaiah chapter nineteen, verse twelve. How about in your country?
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  Speaker 2: How about here in America? Social unrest? Remember everyone against
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  Speaker 2: his brethren, against his neighbor Isaiah.
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  Speaker 3: Chapter nineteen, verse two. Have you noticed that.
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  Speaker 2: As relates to my country? Oh? And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: courts maybe has a power of song on that too
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  Speaker 2: my country? How about political political instability over in Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: nineteen feel.
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  Speaker 3: I will destroy, confuse the counsel thereof.
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  Speaker 2: And then you have empty vein religion, you know, turning
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  Speaker 2: too idols, consulting with those influenced by demons Isaiah nineteen three.
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  Speaker 2: And then you had service to to oppressive leaders, loss
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  Speaker 2: of freedom.
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  Speaker 3: Do you have any of that in your country?
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  Speaker 2: Empty vain religion turning to little g gods consulting with
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  Speaker 2: those influenced by demons, being led by individuals who are
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  Speaker 2: influenced by demons. Individuals taking away your freedom to communicate,
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  Speaker 2: to do, not to harm anybody?
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  Speaker 1: Is that going on you country?
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  Speaker 2: Natural disasters, you know, drought like the Now River and
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  Speaker 2: there's tributaries dried up that Isaiah chapter nineteen verse five
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  Speaker 2: through six. Folk failure, you know, agricultural failure like Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: chapter nineteen seven talks about where fishermen were unable to
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  Speaker 2: ply their trade and feed themselves to others like Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: chapter nineteen eight talked about. Or industry failed like textile
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  Speaker 2: and construction had stopped, like Isaiah chapter nineteen verse nine
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  Speaker 2: through ten talks about. And then you got foolish, you know,
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  Speaker 2: unwise and competent leaders, individuals who are over nations, over businesses,
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  Speaker 2: over cities, town, provinces, you know, you name it, states,
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  Speaker 2: neighborhoods like Isaiah chapter nineteen, verse eleven through fifteen talks
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  Speaker 2: about and the question that you gotta finally ask an
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  Speaker 2: answer of your country. But I'm talking about my country
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  Speaker 2: is the United States. And biblical prophecy, I didn't say
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  Speaker 2: in your prophecy or your pastors, or your aman, or
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  Speaker 2: your rabbi, human teacher, or your friends. So whomever comes
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  Speaker 2: your heart in mind is the United States and biblical
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  Speaker 2: prophecy and those things I just sounded off those eight things,
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  Speaker 2: does the fifty United States? Because it's interesting to note
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  Speaker 2: that a number of nations are mentioned. Libya's mentioned by name,
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  Speaker 2: Persia which became modern Iran, and Iraq as mentioned, Ethiopia
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  Speaker 2: specifically mentioned.
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  Speaker 3: But the one nation that.
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  Speaker 2: Strangely absent is the United States of America. Remember Rome
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  Speaker 2: was once reigning superpower on Earth, and they had the
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  Speaker 2: most powerful military anywhere. But before Rome collapsed externally, it
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  Speaker 2: collapsed inside internally.
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  Speaker 3: First. Remember now, remember the Trojan horse effect. You remember.
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  Speaker 2: Laurie says, did he think that we would do well
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  Speaker 2: to look at the soul of our country right now?
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  Speaker 2: He said, We need to take seriously any external threats,
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  Speaker 2: he said. But having said that, what about an internal collapse?
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  Speaker 2: He said, The second possible reason that our nation may
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  Speaker 2: not be mentioned in scripture is that maybe we will
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  Speaker 2: simply decline as a world power. He says, if the
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  Speaker 2: country becomes more and more secular, systematically eliminating God in
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  Speaker 2: the Bible from an education system.
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  Speaker 3: Courts and the arts.
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  Speaker 2: We will begin to reap the inevitable results of you're
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  Speaker 2: ready for it. Then Laurie said, we were.
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  Speaker 3: Beginning to rot from the inside.
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  Speaker 2: So again the question that I pose is how long
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  Speaker 2: does the country last? And then you can break it
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  Speaker 2: down for you how long if your country don't last? Yep,
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  Speaker 2: I just laid it out secular wise, biblical wise, and
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  Speaker 2: some chapter one oh seven, Oh give thanks to the Lord.
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  Speaker 3: You got to ask an answer in your own individual lives.