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Tony

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Sep 18, 2009, 10:02:31 AM9/18/09
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Which city was older Arrakeen or Carthag?


Giovanni Wassen

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Sep 21, 2009, 3:29:00 AM9/21/09
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"Tony" <to...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Which city was older Arrakeen or Carthag?

I've got no clue, perhaps it's in the encyclopedia. One of the books I love
to have but haven't come across one, ever.

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SandChigger

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Sep 27, 2009, 2:35:56 AM9/27/09
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On Sep 18, 11:02 pm, "Tony" <t...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Which city was older Arrakeen or Carthag?

I don't believe there's anything in the books that says, one way or
the other, is there?

Carthag was the Harkonnen capital, but Arrakeen appears to have been
of more importance in the past. Jessica, in the great hall of their
residence in Arrakeen:

This had been the government mansion in the days of the Old Empire.
Costs had been of less importance then. It had been before the
Harkonnens and their new megalopolis of Carthag—a cheap and brassy
place some two hundred kilometers northeast across the Broken Land.
Leto had been wise to choose this place for his seat of government.
The name, Arrakeen, had a good sound, filled with tradition. And this
was a smaller city, easier to sterilize and defend.

FWIW

Freakzilla

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Sep 28, 2009, 10:50:28 AM9/28/09
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What has this to do with castles?

SandChigger

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Oct 3, 2009, 3:47:18 AM10/3/09
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On Sep 28, 11:50 pm, Freakzilla <jl...@comcast.net> wrote:
> What has this to do with castles?

(Shhhh! Don't ruin the buzz! :P )

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