Snapshot in History Thread

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Just thought this map was facinating, have seen it before and just came across it again there. I find particularly interesting that at the time of the Roman Empire the Ainu still held 50% of modern day Japan. They Yamato (Japanese) only in control of the southern half.



The Sassanids are particularly interesting people too, try as they might the Roman's could not break them. They had an ingenious mix of heavily armoured horse cavalry and Steppe style mounted bowmen. The mail worn my their horses and jockey (is that the correct word) was not seen again until medievel Europe and not until the French Caverly much later. The Sassanids have a lightly armoured bowman riding reverse rider style shooting back when the ran away from the initial hard heavy calvery attack. The Romans lost several legions and stupidly returned on several occasions without altering their tactics.

[Rossfan]

What ever happened to the Robogdi , Nagnatae and Eblani?

I think their descendants all became referees and naturally didnt survive 

[seafoid]

the info about Africa, Australia and Papua is meaningless .

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What ever happened to the Robogdi , Nagnatae and Eblani?

I think their descendants all became referees and naturally didnt survive 

The Nagnatae are still trying to win Sam, 1951 and counting. 

[Evil Genius]

The Sassanids are particularly interesting people too, try as they might the Roman's could not break them. They had an ingenious mix of heavily armoured horse cavalry and Steppe style mounted bowmen. The mail worn my their horses and jockey (is that the correct word) was not seen again until medievel Europe and not until the French Caverly much later. The Sassanids have a lightly armoured bowman riding reverse rider style shooting back when the ran away from the initial hard heavy calvery attack. The Romans lost several legions and stupidly returned on several occasions without altering their tactics.

"You wound, like Parthians, while you fly,
And kill with a retreating eye."
— Samuel Butler

Anyhow, Shelley had the last word on all such matters, I think:

Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

The Sassanids are particularly interesting people too, try as they might the Roman's could not break them. They had an ingenious mix of heavily armoured horse cavalry and Steppe style mounted bowmen. The mail worn my their horses and jockey (is that the correct word) was not seen again until medievel Europe and not until the French Caverly much later. The Sassanids have a lightly armoured bowman riding reverse rider style shooting back when the ran away from the initial hard heavy calvery attack. The Romans lost several legions and stupidly returned on several occasions without altering their tactics.

"You wound, like Parthians, while you fly,
And kill with a retreating eye."
— Samuel Butler

Anyhow, Shelley had the last word on all such matters, I think:

Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Very good EG, the Sassanids were indeed the decendent empire of Parthia, which overran the Greek/Macadonian decendent Seleucid Empire.

But Bactria facinates me more than all of the above.

[Orior]

The map is not only facinating but fascinating too.

I'm pretty sure that the Robogdi , Nagnatae and Eblani are the remnants of Hibernian neaderthals and are all still playing for the Loop in county Derry, Castleblaney in county Monaghan and Buffers Alley in county Wexford.

[the Deel Rover]

where's the parish of the backs ?

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The map is not only facinating but fascinating too.

I'm pretty sure that the Robogdi , Nagnatae and Eblani are the remnants of Hibernian neaderthals and are all still playing for the Loop in county Derry, Castleblaney in county Monaghan and Buffers Alley in county Wexford.

Ah the spelling/typing error police as interesting as the fluff off your socks after a run.