caboguy1974

I admit to having an un-natural preoccupation with history and geography as well as most of the social sciences. But I suspect you are correct that most people, my friends included, could care less. Although I could go on at length, giving any number of valid resons why history and a knowledge of it is important. But I'll spare everyone that...

Sorry I noticed this and had to do it. Babylonia was a civilization in Lower Mesopotamia (central and southern Iraq), with Babylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi (fl. ca. 1696 ? 1654 BC, short chronology) created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad. I do agree with your rant and complaint though. I'm aghast at the quality of the educational system that allows people to graduate high school without having basic skills like spelling, grammer, or a rudimentary knowledge of, what I believe to be important, social sciences. I.E. The date of Canadian Confederation, or the capital of France etc...