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History Matters: Middle East

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published January 14, 2020 at 7:45 AM CST
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This map shows the location and extent of the Fertile Crescent, a region in the Middle East incorporating Ancient Egypt; the Levant; and Mesopotamia
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Airs Tuesday, January 14, 2020, at 7:45 a.m. This week Commentator Gary Joiner travels back to the ancient middle east to examine how and why past history predicts current events.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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