Can you solve the Trojan War riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
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Partition has been explored on the geopolitical stage as a way of resolving conflict. It's an extremely complicated subject without simple answers, but if you want to learn more about some of these moments in history see:- http://faculty.washington.edu/brass/Partition.pdf- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nationalities-papers/article/abs/impact-of-forced-topdown-nation-building-on-conflict-resolution-lessons-from-the-1923-compulsory-population-exchange-between-greece-and-turkey/B629C869F3C6C0730EC183E22B955C5E- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Geneva_Convention
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