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From: Larry Granberg <lgranberg at usa.com>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2007.06.05 (02) [E]

In itself the Hagia Sophia is not an Islamic building. Originally one of the
most magnificent Christian churches, it was *adapted *for use as a mosque
after the Ottoman conquest in 1453 , with the the first of the four minarets
added sometime in the late 1500's. At different times/eras you will see
either one, three, six, and seven minarets. The minarets that you see today
are the result of the work of an *Italian *design team in the middle
1800's. Be carefull about attributes.
Curiously the number four is considered unlucky in a great many Asian
countries including the south of India and Sri Lanka.

The very real problem that I see here is the effort to tie every piece of
fact, fiction, belief to support a surmisal without accepting the idea that
similar ideas and forms evolve independently.  Indo-European does not also
mean Indo-Eupean-Brahministic culture. Certainly there are enough examples
in Slavic mythology that have nothing in common with what you are proposing.


Regarding the number four, certainly many things are associated with that
number; the four gospels, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, the four
corners of the earth, the Tetragammon of the ancient Hebrews, the four life
stages of man-and woman, and the most significant - the number of digits on
(if you are old enough to remember) Saturday morning cartoons-or the
Simpsons. I will have to ask Ron to contribute about the distribution of the
word "DOH" throughout LS and it's possible brahministic Indo-European
associations.

*Die untershte sheereh*, *alles in einem* *is nisht do bei keine.*
**
Larry

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