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The return of Greenmantle. (Foreign Affairs).(Arab civilization)
WHEN THE SUN SETS on national power, there are those who dream of a restoration of the golden age. This craving often generates the myth of a powerful or even supernatural figure who will act as the agent for its restoration. The myth--in varied embodiments--is widespread amongst different peoples and cultures. The emergence of this recurring dream is a sure sign that a once powerful nation or entire civilisation has gone into decline or--worse still--fallen under the domination of another, alien people.
The ghost of a departed state or empire can be invoked to lend legitimacy to a new political structure. The classical case is the Holy Roman Empire of the German ...
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