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Born an administrator's son in the 12th century in Southern Spain, Ibn Jubayr, a devout Muslim, was once forced to drink seven glasses of wine by a regional official. The official soon regretted his act and as recompense gave Jubayr seven of the same glasses filled with golden dinars. With this windfall sum in his pocket and sense of shame in his heart Ibn Jubayr decided to make the Hajj. This was during a high water mark in the history of Islam. Saladin had recently consolidated his hold on the Arab world, becoming Sultan. Mamluks made trade through much of northern Africa safe and expedient. Muslim rulers, including Saladin, were in an unprecedented era of philanthropy, giving to seemingly any infrastructural, educational or charitable cause and doing so generously. Ibn Jubayr departed from Ceuta by ship, covering much of the Mediterranean by sea, then visiting counter clockwise the great cities of Egypt and the Muslim world:  He kept a travelogue that mixed personal observation and feelings with notes of monuments, rulers, trends, and the ebb and flow of the influence of Christianity and Islam throughout the region. When he reached the city of Damascus, on of his last major stops in the Arab world, he had this to say: 
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numberoneposter posted:IM FROM BUENOS AIRES AND I SAY KILL EM ALL!!
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Jul 15, 2016 06:49
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Deus Vult saracen
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Jul 15, 2016 06:49
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Kill more people. In more places.
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Jul 15, 2016 06:51
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Damascus is one of if not the longest continually populated city on earth, if you can recall an empire it has probably ruled over damascus, from alexander to zoroaster
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Jul 15, 2016 06:53
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Pay me an equal volume of gold to how much wine I can drink and I'll go to Damascus tomorrow.
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Jul 15, 2016 06:53
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There is a loving gnat on my screen and I can't get it off, please send help.
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Jul 15, 2016 06:54
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i'm wiggling my cursor furiously for you is it doing anything?
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Jul 15, 2016 06:58
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drat,rear end, cuss.zoroaster?barelt knew here! the katana in my room is forged of damascus steel;would that isis faced me instead,and felt in their guts the whorls of my blade.alexander? barly knew her!!!
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Orkin Mang posted:drat,rear end, cuss.zoroaster?barelt knew here! the katana in my room is forged of damascus steel;would that isis faced me instead,and felt in their guts the whorls of my blade.alexander? barly knew her!!! AHHH AHHHHG AUUUGGHHH ITS M FFF THE PERFECT POST!!!!!
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Jul 15, 2016 07:03
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it is cool to me that nobody can figure out how damascus steel was made
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Jul 15, 2016 07:04
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Shaquin posted:it is cool to me that nobody can figure out how damascus steel was made lol quote:Cast Damascus steel, known as wootz, was popular in the East. It's produced by melting pieces of iron and steel with charcoal in a reducing atmosphere (lacking oxygen). During the process, the metals absorb carbon from the charcoal and the resulting alloy is cooled at a very slow rate.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:05
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The mascus. Saying da mascus makes you sound ignorant.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:08
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Chief McHeath posted:The mascus. Saying da mascus makes you sound ignorant.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:09
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The only cool person to make the hajj and also live in Damascus is Sir Richard Francis Burton.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:09
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Orkin Mang posted:drat,rear end, cuss.zoroaster?barelt knew here! the katana in my room is forged of damascus steel;would that isis faced me instead,and felt in their guts the whorls of my blade.alexander? barly knew her!!! alaalalallllaaalllllaaahhhhhh
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Loss of the technique[edit] Production of these patterned swords gradually declined, ceasing by around 1750, and the process was lost to metalsmiths. Several modern theories have ventured to explain this decline, including the breakdown of trade routes to supply the needed metals, the lack of trace impurities in the metals, the possible loss of knowledge on the crafting techniques through secrecy and lack of transmission, suppression of the industry in India by the British Raj,[15] or a combination of all the above.[5][6][16] The original Damascus steel or wootz was imported from India to Damascus, where bladesmiths learned how to forge them into swords.[5][6] Due to the distance of trade for this steel, a sufficiently lengthy disruption of the trade routes could have ended the production of Damascus steel and eventually led to the loss of the technique in India. As well, the need for key trace impurities of tungsten or vanadium within the materials needed for production of the steel may be absent if this material was acquired from different production regions or smelted from ores lacking these key trace elements.[5] The technique for controlled thermal cycling after the initial forging at a specific temperature could also have been lost, thereby preventing the final damask pattern in the steel from occurring.[5][6] The discovery of carbon nanotubes in the Damascus steel's composition supports this hypothesis, since the precipitation of carbon nanotubes probably resulted from a specific process that may be difficult to replicate should the production technique or raw materials used be significantly altered.[16]
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Jul 15, 2016 07:12
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you fukken clown
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Jul 15, 2016 07:12
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dethkon posted:There is a loving gnat on my screen and I can't get it off, please send help. There's a skeeter on my peter, brush it off.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:14
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Shaquin posted:you fukken clown yeah you keep believing there is some magical property that isn't regularly recreated by skilled craftsmen all over. i've seen it forged IRL, same pretty pattern, this poo poo quote:The technique for controlled thermal cycling after the initial forging at a specific temperature could also have been lost, thereby preventing the final damask pattern in the steel from occurring.[5][6]
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Jul 15, 2016 07:17
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Nation posted:alaalalallllaaalllllaaahhhhhh the yodel of the east. so beautiful
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Jul 15, 2016 07:22
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Orkin Mang posted:the yodel of the east. so beautiful Respect the yodel.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:28
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Shaquin posted:Loss of the technique[edit] Could have been the west was importing a much cheaper but lesser quality item that put them out of business.
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Jul 15, 2016 07:32
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Jul 15, 2016 07:50
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Shaquin posted:it is cool to me that nobody can figure out how damascus steel was made people still make damascus steel today, the only mystery might be exact ancient methods because nobody wrote down a guide and preserved it, and if it was actually first in damascus or if that just happens to be where it was attributed to later on
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Jul 15, 2016 08:12
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Nation posted:Damascus is one of if not the longest continually populated city on earth, if you can recall an empire it has probably ruled over damascus, from alexander to zoroaster Jericho is signifacantly older.
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H.H posted:Jericho is signifacantly older. not continually populated tho which is what i specifically said OMG you loving dunce LEARN TO READ
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Jul 15, 2016 09:10
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Does this mean that all cultures aren't equal after all?
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Jul 15, 2016 09:57
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im glad he had a good trip 
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Jul 15, 2016 11:03
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dethkon posted:There is a loving gnat on my screen and I can't get it off, please send help. Try using a slow, constant stroking motion, and more lube
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if i can't pronouce it i sure a sfuck aint' gonna visit it gently caress you op
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