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Acknowledgements
For their advice and assistance, thanks to: Sarai Aharoni, Dorit Aharonov, Amos Avisar, Tzafrir Barzilai, Noah
Beninga, Suzanne Dean, Caspian Dennis, Tirza Eisenberg, Amir Fink, Sara Holloway, Benjamin Z. Kedar, Yossi
Maurey, Eyal Miller, David Milner, John Purcell, Simon Rhodes, Shmuel Rosner, Rami Rotholz, Michal Shavit,
Michael Shenkar, Idan Sherer, Ellie Steel, Ofer Steinitz, Haim Watzman, Guy Zaslavsky and all the teachers and
students in the World History programme of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Special thanks to Jared Diamond, who taught me to see the big picture; to Diego Olstein, who inspired me to
write a story; and to Itzik Yahav and Deborah Harris, who helped spread the story around.

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