#history
I wish I had a portable Madison. Then perhaps I would have done better in AP Gov. those many years ago pfffff
I don’t know what’s happening with Jefferson’s face either
just a very
awfulquick doodle i drew at work…. oops :3i don’t know, their size difference must have been something completely adorable to see : she was just a little over 5 feet tall -155cm- and he was 6 feet and 2in tall -189 cm- DevARt
It is widely speculated that Robert FitzRoy suffered from manic depression. He was the captain of the HMS Beagle during it’s famous voyage with Charles Darwin aboard. FitzRoy invited Darwin aboard the Beagle out of friendship, and also out of loneliness. He had few friends, and as a captain of a ship, it was near impossible for him to make friends. Due to FitzRoy’s bouts of depression and bouts of mania, the friendship between himself and Darwin was strained, and ultimately FitzRoy lived in the shadow of Darwin. FitzRoy was a very influential scientific figure. Many of his discoveries in South America attributed to furthering meteorology and navigation, he even helped chart the seas of otherwise untouched corners of the Earth. Not to mention he made the first scientific weather forecast using data sent by telegraph from faraway weather stations. In 1843 Robert FitzRoy would become the Governor of New Zealand.
He was married twice. First to Mary Henrietta O’Brien in 1836, with whom he had four children. Mary died and in 1854 he married again to Maria Isabella Smyth with whom he had one daughter.
FitzRoy’s strong religious beliefs and Darwin’s theory of evolution clashed, until their friendship fell apart and the two resided on opposite ends of the spectrum. Eventually FitzRoy would be demonized for firmly opposing Darwin’s theories and eventually his own discoveries would be forgotten.
On April 30, 1865 after many long years of suffering from uncontrollable mood swings, Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy was found dead in his bathtub. He had committed suicide after 59 years of amazing scientific discoveries, leadership, and depression.
Bessie Coleman, c.1922
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman was an American civil aviator. She was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license.
During the Ottoman period in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christians were treated as “dhimmis” by the Ottoman authorities but were otherwise subject to the same restrictions as Muslim subjects. Dhimmis were not required to join the army, but they paid a special tax called jizya (glavarina in Bosnia).
During Ottoman rule, many children of Christian parents, regardless of whether Orthodox or Catholic, were separated from their families and raised to be members of the Janissary Corps (this practice was known as the devşirme system, ‘devşirmek’ meaning ‘to gather’ or ‘to recruit’). While this was of course forcibly at first, later on in Ottoman history, some Christian and Muslim parents began to bribe Ottoman officials to take their children. However, this practice was heavily resented by most of the people of the area. This was because of the very high position a Janissary held the in Ottoman society. Owing to their education (for they were taught arts, science, maths, poetry, literature and many of the languages spoken in the Ottoman Empire, such as Arabic, Bosnian, Greek and Turkish), Janissaries could easily work their way up to a becoming governors or even Grand Viziers.
Underrated Ancient figures
- Philip of Macedon (too often his achievements of creating a united Macedon and strong army are overshadowed by Alexander’s costly warpath)
- Conon (Athenian naval commander after Peloponnesian War, responsible essentially for breaking Spartan naval power and terminating their short-lived naval empire)
- Vespasian (responsible for massive austerity measures, improved labor conditions, better Roman economy, Imperial security, and a stable decade long reign; his military achievements of pacifying Judea and Britannia are nothing to scoff at)
- Aurelian (3rd century Roman Emperor, responsible for reuniting the Empire by defeating Zenobia and subjugating a usurper in Gaul; he saved Rome from utter disaster)
- Ptolemy (Alexander’s general and arguably the cleverest of them all, and the one with the longest lasting Empire, even if his achievements are again overshadowed by Alexander’s, as no one really seems to place much emphasis on the Hellenistic period, or by Seleucus’ simply because Seleucus had the larger Empire)
Scorpion-shaped amulet - from Kashan, 19th c.
Amulets in the shape of scorpions have been used since ancient Greek times to protect against potentially fatal scorpion stings. Some were worn on necklaces or attached to the outside of buildings. This bronze amulet was found in the ruins of Kashan, which may have been inhabited as early as the 600s BCE and was a major settlement in the 900s CE. After an earthquake in 1779, the city went into decline.
Amulets have long been part of most cultures across the world. They were, and for many people still are, believed to bring good fortune or good health and protect against bad luck, including sickness and physical danger.
(science museum, uk)
What Was Actually Interesting About The American Revolution
I’ve been sitting on this for a while and I feel like procrastinating before I get back to cleaning, so here you go.
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So, unless you actually bother to read up later about the boring shit you learned in high school, it is possible that your understanding of the Boston Tea Party ends more or less at
When actually, what that tea party shit was all about and why the Americans were so worked up in the first place is really interesting, and I’m going to prove it, damn you all, just wait, just you wait and see.
In that spirit, I present to you—!
Or, alternately:
Time for edumacation!
Scent Bottle. 1600-1800, Ottoman Empire, Turkey. This scent bottle, made of coloured glass and gilt, would have contained rose water that would have been used to sprinkle on the hands of guests. Little is actually known about Ottoman glass making before 1800 and so this complete bottle is a rare and beautiful example.
The cognomen (or family name) had begun to disappear as well. With the infusion of Greek culture into the Roman Empire, the use of patronymics (‘son of’) and by-names (both attributive, such as ‘the wise’ or ‘the short’, and descriptive, such as ‘of Antioch’ or ‘the tailor’) began to displace inherited surnames. The Greeks did not have as keenly developed a sense of genealogy as did the Romans. The Byzantine era being a blending of the two, the value of hereditary family names declined, and so did their use. Family names are completely missing or extremely rare in documents and seals dated from between the 7th and 10th centuries. Eventually, family names were seen as a quaint custom.
I love the “quaint custom” part.
From Personal Names of the Aristocracy of the Roman Empire during the Late Byzantine Era
Gold belt buckles were usually personallized with the owner’s name, like the small monogram of Theodore seen on this luxurious example. Belt buckles were in use in the Byzantine Empire by the 5th century, when the Roman toga began to be replaced by trousers as part of the cultural influence of the northern migratory peoples.
late 6th-7th century, Byzantine, gold, Hamas, Syria