Word: afghanistan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Aslatic history have been greatly changed by the fact that languages akin to ours were once spoken on the Western borders of China. Moreover, the artistic remains discovered or unearthed in Chinese Turkestan and Western china have given us the missing links for the transmission from Bastriana (present northen Afghanistan) to the Far East of motifs and types which combine in new formulae Greek, Iranian, and Indian elements...
...most dread punishments commonly inflicted by ruthless Dictator-King Amanullah of Afghanistan upon male offenders is "public exposure...
Observers recalled that in Paris, London and Berlin King Amanullah purchased lavishly on his Royal credit and then sent the bills to the Governments whose guest he was. Since Afghanistan is a land of promising markets for European goods, the bills were paid...
...Black! The old emblem was symbolical of Afghanistan's oppression by foreign peoples. In the new flag the black stripe represents our past...
...Afghanistan's new flag is a further product of His Majesty's consuming passion for Occidentalizing Afghanistan-a passion which he memorably indulged, last week, by compelling Members of the National Assembly to shave off their patriarchal beards, lay aside their flowing robes, and climb into pants, shirts, coats (TIME, Sept...