I had this thought today. Which tribe of Native Americans did the Vikings encounter? And were apparently badass enough to keep them from making any permanent settlements. ;)
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!What specific tribe is unknown, but it is believed that they encountered the Thule (ancestors of the Inuit) in Greenland, and Beothuk (related to the Algonquin) in Newfoundland. The Norsemen called them skraelingi, which roughly translates as "dwarfs" or "wretches" — demonstrating the contempt they held for their New World neighbors.
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Nobody really knows. Since he definitely was an arse to Christians, who wrote most of the later accounts, finding any direct sources of his reign without Nero being referred to as "the worst thing ever" is difficult. He also hated the senators, which didn't help. IIRC, Nero's reign was peaceful and prosperous in general.
Seems to me that Nero may have been a good ruler, but his failings as an individual is what really drove people up the wall. Specifically his obsession with his public image and habit of blaming others when things really didn't go his way (i.e. the Great Fire).
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Si Vis Pacem, Para PerkeleI heard that after his mother died, he felt more free to wallow in his own crapulence.
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!I had this thought as I was looking up fashion ideas for my characters yesterday. Why were mustelids historically considered the best source of fur, especially the slender ones like minks and stoats?
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From what I've heard, she was an abusive mother and Evil Matriarch, so killing her might have been a retaliation for the abuse
How and when did New York City get its unofficial catch phrase? The one that says "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!Update about Korea: my grandad was stationed in Korea, and he spent some R and R in Japan. He is from New Zealand, as is my family. Is it possible he may have fathered a child through prostitution there/just getting fresh with the natives? How common was that amongst NZ soldiers in the Korean War? It was in the early 50s, where he was single and a young(early 20s) man.
More common than you may expect, New Zealand had about 1300 soldiers in the Korean War
, and there are a number of mixed ethnicity Koreans in NZ as a result of such relationships.
How do you all think history would have been different if the Romans and the Chinese had connected?
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!edited 27th May '16 10:33:23 AM by SantosLHalper
If you look at a map of Eurasia around 100 AD, it is easy to see why the silk road really took off during that time. Four super empires dominated Eurasia and goods could travel from one border to another unmolested. http://geacron.com/home-en/
You can talk about regional histories before this period, but this is when world history starts IMO.
@ Rather Random Rachel: Mind showing some evidence about these children fathered in the Korean War by NZ soldiers?
Anyone got any thoughts on the Holocaust article? Julian Lapostat and I have expanded it considerably in the past 9 months, but I'm not sure if all that expansion has necessarily been useful.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. — Mark Twain

There did seem to be that constant strand of denial pre-Civil War (and then once things kicked off, the equally constant strand of wishful thinking that it could all be settled in a single decisive battle).
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.