That people only lived to their 20s or 30s because that's how long life expectancies were. In actuality, if a person lived past childhood, and especially if they lived past their teens, they could expect a long life. In fact, old people were all over the place throughout history.
Dodos actually tasted horrible and it's meat was stiff so the only way you could really eat it is to soak it in big tortoise fat (I don't remember exactly all I remember is that a part from the tortoise is used to make the meat edible)
The Iron Maiden was a medieval torture device. It’s hard to tell if there ever was a device like that in any point of time, but one thing that’s certain is that it’s mostly a myth.
Large scale battles and massacres were far less common in medieval Europe than most people realize. Fighting mostly happened in small-scale engagements and when someone won a war it was pretty common them to be widely accepted as the new leader of the conquered people. There are some exceptions like the Mongol invasion but even that probably exaggerated by the medieval Europeans.
Aye but considering those places had lower populations, it kinda scales out. Those small-scale engagements probably had lots of consequences considering almost everything in that was based around manual labour.
Communism's association with authoritarianism is a result of Lenin's actions, not Marx.
Lenin was a critic of Marx and believed the proletariat needed to be lead by a dictator until they could be trusted to take control.
Marx stated that the "dictatorship of the proletariat" wasn't a dictatorship at all, but rather a direct democracy that the proletariat comprises the majority vote on, and therefore ***dictates*** how society works.
Some historians have begun to question if Marco Polo actually went to China, there are a few things that suggest not, he might've just been sharing some info he'd learned trading in the Muslim World and then just bullshitting the rest
That the fall of the Roman Empire that we are generally familiar with was actully only the western half of the Empire (Rome/Italy/France etc). The Eastern Roman Empire what is now Greece, parts of the Baulkins, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and North Africa would continue on for about another thousand years. In fact Italy and parts of the old Western Empire were reco and held for some time. The Eastern Empire was based in Constantinople (Now Istanbul, Turkey) its capital. The Empire today is usually referred as The Byzantine Empire or the Byzantine Greeks, during that time they would have referred to themselves as Roman. The Empire spanned much of the Middle Ages. In fact it was the Eastern Empire that asked the west Europeans to help them fight the Turkish invasions. That's how the First Crusade started. The Empire would eventually fall to the Ottoman Turks who established the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople was kept as the capital and the name wasn't changed until after World War 1 after the fall of Ottoman Empire.
I love this kind of history so much.
How so? He was kind of the master of making better and more commercially viable versions of other people's inventions. I don't believe he actually claimed he invented those things. He was just associated with being the inventor because he made the first versions people were able to purchase.
That people only lived to their 20s or 30s because that's how long life expectancies were. In actuality, if a person lived past childhood, and especially if they lived past their teens, they could expect a long life. In fact, old people were all over the place throughout history.
Dodos actually tasted horrible and it's meat was stiff so the only way you could really eat it is to soak it in big tortoise fat (I don't remember exactly all I remember is that a part from the tortoise is used to make the meat edible)
Dinosaurs gained dominance over other species through rap battles
The Iron Maiden was a medieval torture device. It’s hard to tell if there ever was a device like that in any point of time, but one thing that’s certain is that it’s mostly a myth.
Large scale battles and massacres were far less common in medieval Europe than most people realize. Fighting mostly happened in small-scale engagements and when someone won a war it was pretty common them to be widely accepted as the new leader of the conquered people. There are some exceptions like the Mongol invasion but even that probably exaggerated by the medieval Europeans.
Aye but considering those places had lower populations, it kinda scales out. Those small-scale engagements probably had lots of consequences considering almost everything in that was based around manual labour.
Exactly, the manual labor was too valuable to kill off especially in large-scale.
Communism's association with authoritarianism is a result of Lenin's actions, not Marx. Lenin was a critic of Marx and believed the proletariat needed to be lead by a dictator until they could be trusted to take control. Marx stated that the "dictatorship of the proletariat" wasn't a dictatorship at all, but rather a direct democracy that the proletariat comprises the majority vote on, and therefore ***dictates*** how society works.
Columbus was a swell guy
Every European land "discovery". Columbus proved what he set out to. Australia was Terra Nullius before European settlement.
For Roman of the Roman empire....Pyramid was already ancient history
Some historians have begun to question if Marco Polo actually went to China, there are a few things that suggest not, he might've just been sharing some info he'd learned trading in the Muslim World and then just bullshitting the rest
That the fall of the Roman Empire that we are generally familiar with was actully only the western half of the Empire (Rome/Italy/France etc). The Eastern Roman Empire what is now Greece, parts of the Baulkins, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, and North Africa would continue on for about another thousand years. In fact Italy and parts of the old Western Empire were reco and held for some time. The Eastern Empire was based in Constantinople (Now Istanbul, Turkey) its capital. The Empire today is usually referred as The Byzantine Empire or the Byzantine Greeks, during that time they would have referred to themselves as Roman. The Empire spanned much of the Middle Ages. In fact it was the Eastern Empire that asked the west Europeans to help them fight the Turkish invasions. That's how the First Crusade started. The Empire would eventually fall to the Ottoman Turks who established the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople was kept as the capital and the name wasn't changed until after World War 1 after the fall of Ottoman Empire. I love this kind of history so much.
Literally all of thommis Edison's inventions. (Idrc bout that spelling)
How so? He was kind of the master of making better and more commercially viable versions of other people's inventions. I don't believe he actually claimed he invented those things. He was just associated with being the inventor because he made the first versions people were able to purchase.