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Just keep them in London until I get there because it doesn't look I'll be going to Greece in the near future.
They should just close and padlock every museum in Greece right now before more of this happens. I am now officially FOR the Elgin marbles being in the British Museum.
These pictures are just absolutely stunning. It's stuff like this that gets me all excited about history.
I posted a clear, concise rebuttal to an article and because I didn't "rah, rah, rah" the author and his liberal nonsense I was banned from commenting...
😀 😀 I can no longer comment on any Guardian articles.
STREPSIADES: At the drug seller’s shop have you seen that beautiful stone you can see right through, the one they use to start a fire?SOCRATES: You mean glass?STREPSIADES: Yes.SOCRATES: So what?STREPSIADES: What if I took that glass, and when the scribe was writing out the charge, I stood between him and the sun—like this— some distance off, and made his writing melt, just the part about my case?*
Aristophanes, Clouds
OK, I figured it was a raid by the Germans. It's weird though that the Germans could beat the British in the Battle of Coronel, and not just beat them, they anhilated them. But the British got their revenge in the Battle of the Falkland Islands.Still doesn't explain strrategic significance for either of them. Why so concerned with going around the cape when the canal was already open? Did the US not let any foreign ship pass through at that time?
There's a disclaimer in the front page that it's not meant as an academic resource. I'd have to disagree. The links are incredible!
I can see if the islands were more north near the Panama Canal, but why down there? I don't see any strategic advantage for Germany unless it was an alliance with Argentina or something.
There aren't any Bible passages condemning it. (just like there aren't any specifically condemning abortion) I would like to see how and why the British ended slavery. Was it for the same reason as the northerners? All created equal?
Could the Civil War be partially about religion? Northern, white Chrisitians wanted to stop slavery.
Well, Italy was one of the most attractive place for Greek colonies. While Ionia (to the east of mainland Greece) was obviously an attractive place, I don't think that the Greeks disfavored going west. See this cool map of Greek colonies which expand all the way to Spain:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AntikeGriechen1.jpg
Just a small handful of settlements compared to the huge number in the east.
