their ≠ they’re
They hate it when you clown on Sparta like a smug Athenian too.
If it’s not in a song by Sabaton or Iron Maiden, it ain’t real history.
The French Revolution took about a century to fully process through. There were several instances of guillotines and piles of heads. We usually know about the first one (and the second one for those who’ve seen Les Misérables. ) During the post 1789 process there was also a weird cult thing that looked a bit like MAGA, until even the cultists got tired of Robespierre’s bullshit.
Marie Antoinette was a perfectly serviceable princess / queen and fielded charities and smiled at the commoners and all the things ambitious feudal ladies are supposed to do. She never said Qu’ils mangent de la brioche but the rumor of it was current, and sped her way to the guillotine. She was also accused of sexual perversities, including The German Vice (lesbianism) most of which had to be explained to her so she could deny having doing them.
Fun fact: Robespierre was nicknamed the incorruptible (prior to the reign of terror) for his strong moral convictions including his opposition to the death penalty.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Les Mis does not depict the second French Revolution, but the June Rebellion years earlier.
I may be thinking of the July Revolution of 1830, in which case you’re right. They’re not the same, just related.
Love how this basically just sent up a flare for all the NDs with Specific Hyperfixations
include ottomans, Netherlands, Mongolia and Japan please
China is based though, if you like or love Chinese history I consider you to be cool as fuck, you are in fact cool if you love Chinese history, Chinese history is so fun educative and it’s just so good
As a young nerd, I was happy that the national broadcaster decided to show history documentaries every week.
I was kind of disappointed that it devolved into a World War 2 Hour. But I guess it was inevitable.
(At least we don’t have the History Channel, otherwise known as the H—)
Oh boy am I about to go off on the lead up to ww1
[burning with an urge to tell you about indigenous transgender priestess revolutionaries]
Jokes on you, I know a lot about the Spanish Civil War, Second Italo-Ethiopian War, and Second Sino-Japanese War too.
You should check out the founding of the Mexican government, lots of walks through the betrayal garden.
Alrig-
no plague, either
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or Leonardo da Vinci
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Lemme tell you 'bout my boys Hero of alexandria and Ismail al-jazari
Praise be to Urkle!
Actually I am a slightly overweight bald man with a beard so Vikings are my personality
I feel attacked. But my excuse is that my mother is from Norway and my name is Bjørn.
Don’t worry, actual vikings within one generation of the fjords get a pass for being fans.
Same with Italians and being fans of Rome.
Not Germans, though. Sorry Germans. You know how it is.
Ancient Egypt nerds present!
Fuck Rome and nazi Germany. Lemmie tell yous about railway history.
I learned railway history from Hell on Wheels
Oh, my sibling in sin, I will tell you things about railways you wouldn’t believe, like a proto-railway that played a role in the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans, or rope haulage, or how the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales was designed to constantly go downhill because it was opened in the 1830s before steam locos were both powerful enough or widespread enough to be practical.
Sit down, I’m going to tell you about how the inventor of the RORO Train Ferry died in shame.
That’s a pretty good source to understand the zeitgeist of the whole railroad boom. It’s fictionalized but pretty truthy.
It all began when John Train had a great idea for a new method of transport…
