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History Major. Cripple. Vaguely Left-Wing. In pain and constantly irritable.

  • "Woah now, no making friends with people we want to make enemies with!"

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  • Explanation: In 1918, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie offered 2,000 troops to assist France in WW1, which the French Prime Minister wished to accept.

    Italy said no.

    Unwilling to start a diplomatic row with a major ally (Italy) over 2,000 troops, France declined to press the matter further, resulting in Ethiopia's continued formal neutrality in WW1.

    Italy had colonial designs on Ethiopia, and didn't want Ethiopia to end up too-integrated into the post-war world order, as that would make their colonial designs harder to execute. France, for its part, supported Ethiopia's post-war accession to the League of Nations, and Ethiopia would be the only independent African country which was a part of the short-lived League.

  • "Woah now, no making friends with people we want to make enemies with!"

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  • Explanation: In 1918, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie offered 2,000 troops to assist France in WW1, which the French Prime Minister wished to accept.

    Italy said no.

    Unwilling to start a diplomatic row with a major ally (Italy) over 2,000 troops, France declined to press the matter further, resulting in Ethiopia's continued formal neutrality in WW1.

    Italy had colonial designs on Ethiopia, and didn't want Ethiopia to end up too-integrated into the post-war world order, as that would make their colonial designs harder to execute. France, for its part, supported Ethiopia's post-war accession to the League of Nations, and Ethiopia would be the only independent African country which was a part of the short-lived League.

  • "Woah now, no making friends with people we want to make enemies with!"

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  • Explanation: In 1918, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie offered 2,000 troops to assist France in WW1, which the French Prime Minister wished to accept.

    Italy said no.

    Unwilling to start a diplomatic row with a major ally (Italy) over 2,000 troops, France declined to press the matter further, resulting in Ethiopia's continued formal neutrality in WW1.

    Italy had colonial designs on Ethiopia, and didn't want Ethiopia to end up too-integrated into the post-war world order, as that would make their colonial designs harder to execute. France, for its part, supported Ethiopia's post-war accession to the League of Nations, and Ethiopia would be the only independent African country which was a part of the short-lived League.

  • WOKE LIBERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS UNAMERICAN, PASS IT ON

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  • This rabbit hole just keeps going deeper and deeper... what else have they been hiding from us!? Next they'll tell us the Founding Fathers read political philosophy and other nerd shit instead of being divinely inspired 😭

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    "Woah now, no making friends with people we want to make enemies with!"

  • LION DOG

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  • Explanation: People and cultures can become very attached to their symbolism, and attempt to overlay it everywhere they can. Both China and Europe traditionally valued depictions of lions for their symbolism.

    ... on the left is a particularly infamously poor taxidermy of a lion from Europe. And on the right is a toy dog, of which various ancient breeds have acquired variations of the name 'lion dog' in Chinese because of their supposed resemblance to lions, such as the Shih Tzu

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    LION DOG

  • Traditional Art @lemmy.world
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    Watercolor of Krakow, Poland, made in ~1536 AD

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    Watercolor of Krakow, Poland, made in ~1536 AD

  • History Gallery @quokk.au
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    Watercolor of Krakow, Poland, made in ~1536 AD

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    Watercolor of Krakow, Poland, made in ~1536 AD

  • Bactrian ring, stone, Afghanistan, ~3rd-2nd century BCE?

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  • You never disappoint, always the best art of antiquity.

    Blessed by the internet age, and institutions like the Louvre and Met having an easy browse function on their websites!

  • Ruins of Besiekiery Castle, Poland

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  • A summer project to remember

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    Night in Annecy, France

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    Ruins of Besiekiery Castle, Poland

  • Bactrian ring, stone, Afghanistan, ~3rd-2nd century BCE?

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    Bactrian ring, stone, Afghanistan, ~3rd-2nd century BCE?

  • A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD

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    A very utilitarian steel round shield, Germany, ~1600 AD

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    WOKE LIBERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS UNAMERICAN, PASS IT ON

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    WOKE LIBERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IS UNAMERICAN, PASS IT ON

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    Caesar ain't scared

  • A prophet has produced a map of the USA in 2036 AD

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  • "Germany" vs. "Deutschland" energy

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    Hand-tinted photo of female musicians in Japan, ~1900?

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    Ferrying cars across a river, Indonesia, ~1930

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    Refugees returning in Austria after liberation from Nazi forces, WW2, 1945

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    Two Soviet soldiers help a wounded comrade during urban combat in Vienna, Austria, WW2, 1945

  • "Senators OWNED and ENSLAVED!"

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  • I think there's also a hole in his neck

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    Byzantine soldiers of the 12th-13th century AD

  • Always remember how humanely the Soviets invaded and brutalized Afghanistan! 😊

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  • The age-old issue of "What is an unenforced law?"

    The answer, generally, is "Nothing."

  • Gandalf... in WHICH South American country did you say your summer home was in...?

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  • Explanation: The forerunner to the CIA, the OSS, made various mock-ups in 1944 of what Hitler might look like if he tried to escape incognito before WW2 ended. Hitler, however, would end up shooting himself in a bunker and his body captured by the Soviets in 1945.

    Many Nazis escaped through various means, however, with Argentina being a prominent destination due to the fascist-sympathizing dictator in charge of Argentina at the time. For this reason, far-fetched conspiracies about Hitler's escape still make the rounds in fringe circles.

    Here, the actor who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ian McKellen, is shown in an old 1980s tv movie... playing HITLER HIMSELF. Coincidence? I think NOT!

  • Child with polio learning how to walk in physical therapy, Canada, 1953

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  • Gotta push 'em outta the nest at some point! Fly or die!

  • Stereoscopic photo of three children, British Mandate of Palestine, 1935

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  • Strip my OPness, by all means! I don't know how to make it a link post, but seeing things spread across the Fediverse is far more pleasing than getting noted as the first person to repost it here, especially since reposting is all I'm really doing!

  • First mistake: attacking a country called Chad

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  • Warrior-King energy, a true son of Chad

  • Let's face it - even the best parts of ancient history are still... ancient history.

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  • Roombas: "THIS PLACE IS FILTHY BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO CLEAN"

  • We all choose which heritage to embrace, and which to reject. It says a lot about us.

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  • o7

  • A prophet has produced a map of the USA in 2036 AD

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  • Don't worry, East and West are entirely separate administrations. As for the Northeast coast, why not stay with the Eastern Empire once the troublemakers in flyover country and the South are no longer around?

  • "Chop chop" France, 1793 AD

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  • Explanation: Louis XIV, the "Sun-King", was the king of France who most successfully implemented an 'absolutist' regime, wherein all the aristocrats and nobles scraped and simpered before the all-powerful king of France.

    Louis XV, his son, was somewhat less terrifyingly competent, but because of the power accumulated by the French crown, still was not meaningfully challenged by the aristocracy.

    Louis XVI, his grandson, was a total incompetent who didn't really want to rule, but didn't want to give up his God-given power either. For that reason, he and the parasitic aristocracy eventually got the chop-chop from Madam Guillotine during the French Revolution, abolishing the monarchy of France.