tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34264435006940037772024-02-26T14:46:15.318-08:00MARCH of HISTORY by Richard WallUshistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-54696519660153156152024-02-26T10:47:00.000-08:002024-02-26T14:45:43.166-08:00Jomsviking Elite Warriors of the Danes<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNx_Rvry8yN2YkR3_gMtqJPKMe7hx02r0bIdc7LeuJYLH7Zl_NcLimp0NgZ9pmjbmXsdesJCNGgyJG5fuyB7vN5VvF0DoVGEmE9YvHhRZQJp7xWLICJHilWhDFMMcJZwUu_MTz9TnhGHLmxrcqz0dk0ViYlsIA7z48hLFAa7qc6rhaSPAkbHfLx1Ev0If/s3400/20240210_165324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2578" data-original-width="3400" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNx_Rvry8yN2YkR3_gMtqJPKMe7hx02r0bIdc7LeuJYLH7Zl_NcLimp0NgZ9pmjbmXsdesJCNGgyJG5fuyB7vN5VvF0DoVGEmE9YvHhRZQJp7xWLICJHilWhDFMMcJZwUu_MTz9TnhGHLmxrcqz0dk0ViYlsIA7z48hLFAa7qc6rhaSPAkbHfLx1Ev0If/s320/20240210_165324.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Near legendary for their fighting prowess, often for the highest bidder, the "Brotherhood of Jomsvikings" where loyal unto death to each other. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Originally raised from warriors of Jomborg, Daneland in the 10th century CE, the Jomsvikings were skilled veterans of Norse battles and raids. Limited to men of virtue between the ages of 18 and 50, the Jomsvikings were elite warriors who often formed the core of Norse armies.</span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">The "Jomsvikiga Saga" mentions how membership was exclusive and only for warriors willing to pledge their lives and battle skills to the glory of the gods and their Jomsvikings brothers. </span><span style="text-align: center;">Warrior members were honor bound to protect each other, equally share all loot and spoils of war and to never bring women into their fortress. To spend time with wives or other women the warriors had to leave their fortress of Jomsborg (possibly modern day Wolim Poland). </span><span style="text-align: center;">Spending more than three nights away from their brothers was strictly forbidden without the leader's permission. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For over two centuries, the Jomsvikings were among the most feared and respected band of warriors in Western Europe. As mercenaries and conquerors, they were highly valued by rulers throughout the lands of the Norther raiders known as the Vikings who were looking for an edge in the next battle. Yet, as with many elite mercenary warriors, their great success led to a fear of their power and wealth by local rulers. In 1043, King Mangus I of Norway smashed the Jomburg and destroyed the Jomsvikings. Another elite warrior caste disappeared from history like so many before and yet to come.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YR7dD97gCTXSH-i2wV8MUBcFYXIV4FTpR_XZ0tWYPyE83BTjQsKv5Qqrt6H-xqLaJ55yGyQhcrrqaZIs3A81LkfttDjOx5A3642gZo8veXPc9_Dvxco3VB5E5rnFbJMatKr2Gtg_RGeDvd1ZWhIz8AY35JCxR42Ve2RS5avgcJMs801s8gdJt0VRxpTe/s2462/20240210_165351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="2462" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YR7dD97gCTXSH-i2wV8MUBcFYXIV4FTpR_XZ0tWYPyE83BTjQsKv5Qqrt6H-xqLaJ55yGyQhcrrqaZIs3A81LkfttDjOx5A3642gZo8veXPc9_Dvxco3VB5E5rnFbJMatKr2Gtg_RGeDvd1ZWhIz8AY35JCxR42Ve2RS5avgcJMs801s8gdJt0VRxpTe/s320/20240210_165351.jpg" width="320" /></a>i</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-22079500648807574552024-02-02T11:35:00.000-08:002024-02-03T14:13:55.429-08:00Eastern Roman Empire Yes-Byzantine Empire No<p> </p><p>Having lasted 1000 years, the Eastern Roman Empire was the most successful European empire in history. Founded in the 4th century before the fall of its more famous parent the Roman Empire. Its capital, Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), was created upon the site of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium by Roman Emperor Constantine I in 330 CE as his new capital for the Roman Empire. The Empire divided into the Eastern and Western Roman Empires in 395 CE.</p><p>With the death of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, the Eastern Roman Empire maintained the laws, knowledge and culture of the Empire as Western Europe dissolved into scores of petty kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities and lesser states fell into what some historians refer to as the "Dark Ages."</p><p>At the height of its power, in the 6th century, under the Emperor Justinian I, the Eastern Roman Empire controlled most of the Mediterranean Sea coastal lands and the Middle East. Overtime Latin was replaced with Greek as the official language, and Orthodox Christianity became the main religion of the Empire.</p><p>Yet, until their lasts days, the people of the Eastern Roman Empire referred to themselves as "Romaioi" (Romans) and their last Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, considered himself a continuation of the lineage of the Roman Emperors that began with Augustus in 27 BCE.</p><p>The name "Byzantine Empire" did not come into popular usage until after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. One reason for the name change appears to be the need of the intelligentsia of the Renaissance to claim direct linkage to the glories of the Roman Empire and reduce the importance of the continuation of that empire and its glories by "Eastern Peoples" who did not hold Western European cultural, social and religious ideals.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0eCZhcTJa-F0hCNEND8D3NnaPXs8qjXBGMSGfO9vJe7XsHTZD0fUtzCdpS1OZZ8LvzMoqcv_NHfNMkMC88D2lp1WKylIc7HSOXkHzens375ionXNlzhA6U1hr8_Aqu-KYaEjpbsRoT8TZkHWYa0NzNhG7TvNd-BYnq3IF0xXNqWRzbowG_3BVfeJNe8f/s2584/20240130_175602%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="2584" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0eCZhcTJa-F0hCNEND8D3NnaPXs8qjXBGMSGfO9vJe7XsHTZD0fUtzCdpS1OZZ8LvzMoqcv_NHfNMkMC88D2lp1WKylIc7HSOXkHzens375ionXNlzhA6U1hr8_Aqu-KYaEjpbsRoT8TZkHWYa0NzNhG7TvNd-BYnq3IF0xXNqWRzbowG_3BVfeJNe8f/s320/20240130_175602%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elite Varangian Guards of the Eastern Roman Emperors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These Norsemen so impressed the rulers of the Eastern Roman Empire that they were the Emperors personal bodyguards for 300+ years (11th-14th centuries).</div><p></p>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-73676624060717603052023-10-04T19:55:00.001-07:002023-10-04T19:55:39.717-07:00War Cries on the Frontier<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x-Moheg9nTYqy4oCvid7oSeZLu0kouUmbkYOVTtm7PZZvt82WHJvR6aK93kyru3iE5ETXqwzzmb9FW_34to9EMXUCoWiYxGMoPHT5w4zwe6T1EzZ_jGZUs56JeDAGbfGOsU_conF-ELl/s2048/20211116_185059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="2048" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x-Moheg9nTYqy4oCvid7oSeZLu0kouUmbkYOVTtm7PZZvt82WHJvR6aK93kyru3iE5ETXqwzzmb9FW_34to9EMXUCoWiYxGMoPHT5w4zwe6T1EzZ_jGZUs56JeDAGbfGOsU_conF-ELl/s320/20211116_185059.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>Nothing on the colonial frontier brought more fear to the hearts of the Europeans than the war cries of <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">a Native American war party. Armed with both traditional and European weapons, decked out in warpaint, these Mohawk braves, were rightfully feared by their enemies. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKwoEbWvtj03Tp2c13bpH4wFh6a_gaTErhobdKKFcrFTjUMAYAsBxAID6IdfZUfAbCXL_p7aLkIMnJ2x6Qxbz2XdE3K4IYhcLNloo9auqFCBytsDHgIqYMbs2ZOqI9ShbNftroy5FdDmQ/s2048/20211116_185135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKwoEbWvtj03Tp2c13bpH4wFh6a_gaTErhobdKKFcrFTjUMAYAsBxAID6IdfZUfAbCXL_p7aLkIMnJ2x6Qxbz2XdE3K4IYhcLNloo9auqFCBytsDHgIqYMbs2ZOqI9ShbNftroy5FdDmQ/s320/20211116_185135.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>War parties specialized in swift hit and run raids and ambush attacks. Throughout the 18th century, only the foolish or the dead ignored the threat of a war party raid.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I painted these plastic pieces in the Fall of 2021.<br /> Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-92144417916365913802023-07-01T09:48:00.008-07:002023-07-01T09:58:24.978-07:00Butternut vs Union Blue<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBF1zaLYHQLSuWKHeKtC7G-u8vFr00tNiRLQkofRlLrW5fqjVEWlPINoi2BsQUeqgcUr6wwk0HjosNoGeB2W_tOHtv94CYmjUV7ltLqhX7fMJhjmlX-gi6Okep0wCXNOAhPq75f_gxzQ6pVMXXo-ap46HZZu-fMeNtCpMDUNgwJrywDHLGbKZWfZ6f3es/s2760/20230623_191416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1807" data-original-width="2760" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpBF1zaLYHQLSuWKHeKtC7G-u8vFr00tNiRLQkofRlLrW5fqjVEWlPINoi2BsQUeqgcUr6wwk0HjosNoGeB2W_tOHtv94CYmjUV7ltLqhX7fMJhjmlX-gi6Okep0wCXNOAhPq75f_gxzQ6pVMXXo-ap46HZZu-fMeNtCpMDUNgwJrywDHLGbKZWfZ6f3es/s320/20230623_191416.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>A Union Zouave faces off against a Rebel infantryman as the bloody War Between the States continues its path of destruction through the country. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>While the Union man is wearing the fancy French stye North African Zouave uniform, the Southerner is reduced to wearing home spun clothing dyed in "Butternut. With the lack of grey dye in the South, most of the soldiers of the Confederacy were reduced to using Butternut Dye for their uniforms. Butternut came from crushing the bark of trees and nut hulls, and when used on cotton clothing it gave a soft brown hue to the clothes. An unintended aspect of Butternut uniforms was that they foreshadowed the later introduction khaki unforms that made soldiers less of a clear target on the battlefield.<div><br />While their uniforms vary greatly their weapons are basically the same, the .58 cal. muzzle loading rifled cap and ball musket. The muskets .58 cal./14.73 mm "Minie Ball" could bring death to a target hundreds of yards away (up to 400 yds/366 m for marksmen). While many older as well as the latest repeating firearms were used in the war, the rifled muzzle loader continued to be the main infantry weapon of both sides throughout the war.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>(The two soldiers are old 1970's. 25mm metal models that I painted.)</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-69258228958481961862023-05-06T13:35:00.005-07:002023-05-06T13:47:16.880-07:00War Between the States-Living History<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffAUqoyz810CxeNb5rWrFXDu4HRpYcgv2NvLJL2c-SyOO24mbbtNUPQYbGD7ie8j1RZcBgo7FIip9qW97f_l17VMB2rGPzbTGF9uXO3eagtS4eMoYbqoo7U2-i5FQCu1gfZPs-o3EAHPKfK33CkHrXsQqTW_vvix_P1Gu9-xw7i1y56MdPUR6fPaypA/s3273/20230417_113311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3273" data-original-width="2398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffAUqoyz810CxeNb5rWrFXDu4HRpYcgv2NvLJL2c-SyOO24mbbtNUPQYbGD7ie8j1RZcBgo7FIip9qW97f_l17VMB2rGPzbTGF9uXO3eagtS4eMoYbqoo7U2-i5FQCu1gfZPs-o3EAHPKfK33CkHrXsQqTW_vvix_P1Gu9-xw7i1y56MdPUR6fPaypA/s320/20230417_113311.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><p> Did a little presentation this week for my 8th graders on what life was like for a Union soldier in 1863.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlDIjhwgY-4SmAFQYajke8CIozBTsmOXrGwq4OFcfzkASJpVugjUyT65LFW-wzazjpd9ceYvr_4OOHGTmdI0tnDFnZoB97nO8pfjV1TOYVPsMHnnVonDZdwcqUS0IB3y2VXnAH3mn0jLAjijP6EOf15g-1zfeErJkNs7eRl5YiuWWSRn6uHDnE-e1mw/s4624/20230417_095547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlDIjhwgY-4SmAFQYajke8CIozBTsmOXrGwq4OFcfzkASJpVugjUyT65LFW-wzazjpd9ceYvr_4OOHGTmdI0tnDFnZoB97nO8pfjV1TOYVPsMHnnVonDZdwcqUS0IB3y2VXnAH3mn0jLAjijP6EOf15g-1zfeErJkNs7eRl5YiuWWSRn6uHDnE-e1mw/s320/20230417_095547.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Getting my equipment ready for my Living History Demo. All the equipment (except the glasses-sorry can't see without them nowadays) is either from the time period, as is my bayonet, or authentic reproductions like my cap and ball rifled .58 cal. musket. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8j6-mipeaz7MdNCA5BKttKLAV0LhMlymGQrHV6FyJ4yPy80bT7poT228JD7wrITLXYEDV2gswEb2a1yOtYRarBK-ldQ2Aasjax394sCtzCJi8HEI0Hw6KWp_FFTvFS2G7BMdI_o3bzV8RZO80ggF9T-lUpklVFurxZ5QT3emeJWfLEIpXq7pVRJ4vKQ/s4624/20230417_110443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8j6-mipeaz7MdNCA5BKttKLAV0LhMlymGQrHV6FyJ4yPy80bT7poT228JD7wrITLXYEDV2gswEb2a1yOtYRarBK-ldQ2Aasjax394sCtzCJi8HEI0Hw6KWp_FFTvFS2G7BMdI_o3bzV8RZO80ggF9T-lUpklVFurxZ5QT3emeJWfLEIpXq7pVRJ4vKQ/s320/20230417_110443.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Explaining what life was like for a Union infantryman circa 1863, has been a passion of mine for decades.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0fKCCKdeZUQqNuyXm2Aw05YeOigPUuDVYKsEfZVyvtcaGDRRwFZxyYraSjCawGIRJBf4h_S8VW9y7tiu3UwOP9Tts7tQHaglkwMSjHbXk6XrkKwWI4Qg8AvRIlhvM1EZSnZEiNk5WGI6cuCfW_J_GaF5zE66nGVzhMjkc0ebNwPlw_tGtzMFNbgrlg/s4624/20230417_110355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0fKCCKdeZUQqNuyXm2Aw05YeOigPUuDVYKsEfZVyvtcaGDRRwFZxyYraSjCawGIRJBf4h_S8VW9y7tiu3UwOP9Tts7tQHaglkwMSjHbXk6XrkKwWI4Qg8AvRIlhvM1EZSnZEiNk5WGI6cuCfW_J_GaF5zE66nGVzhMjkc0ebNwPlw_tGtzMFNbgrlg/s320/20230417_110355.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>As this is my 38 year of Civil War Living History Presentations to Elementary-Middle-High-College students and adults in addition to countless reenactments. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdWe_WXqTe3Wm37E-2a8QrpEXkBr35fHbWeFe5CoaQLUqe0vFZ7TK8SpxhljpmQUq86_NngIr41CgMil7kiKeG6ZbaZxcDqZyj8w-mneVLlplBPwrdpKOk3kljtYMWVInVyq21a7ING64Et6zrTIMoVuFWvlnQj5cZAidRDXYTkeTgXxrryQfF1Kc5w/s4624/20230417_110252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdWe_WXqTe3Wm37E-2a8QrpEXkBr35fHbWeFe5CoaQLUqe0vFZ7TK8SpxhljpmQUq86_NngIr41CgMil7kiKeG6ZbaZxcDqZyj8w-mneVLlplBPwrdpKOk3kljtYMWVInVyq21a7ING64Et6zrTIMoVuFWvlnQj5cZAidRDXYTkeTgXxrryQfF1Kc5w/s320/20230417_110252.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-34186208610184989042023-04-07T21:10:00.003-07:002023-04-16T10:54:04.223-07:00Lebel Fusil Modele 1886 <p> </p><div>In the Great War the standard arm for the French in the early years was the 8mm Lebel rifle. When it was introduced in the late 19th Century, the Lebel was the most advanced military shoulder arm in general use. It was the first small bore, high velocity, smokeless powder, repeater to be accepted by a major power. But for combat use it had a major flaw, it was tube loaded. This was a slow process as the loader had to be careful loading the center fire cartridges to avoid an unfortunate explosive incident. A further complaint was made about the sight being both too short and too small for combat use. By 1914, the Lebel was out classed by most of the standard rifles of the major powers. The French Poilus took this in stride as they rose to the need to defend France from the invaders. Poor equipment would be a hinderance but would be overcome by the soldier's bravery and tenacity.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWHyCjtVwMG74lNlAlxjk33YPnja3s1vB35tCStVxIPcHhW-bv1E0B_OMzv1tYHVIfJwsbbbZRT5y10mAET3I2uFREMtRdLBHEJRvUOUVB5d6gNOL6tq1lm2ywxoOBzThst2wDu9gAd5ELB2FflR2oKY8rxzT2sUT9-e6yJIC-_n_ROYr_dfuZkc1zqw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWHyCjtVwMG74lNlAlxjk33YPnja3s1vB35tCStVxIPcHhW-bv1E0B_OMzv1tYHVIfJwsbbbZRT5y10mAET3I2uFREMtRdLBHEJRvUOUVB5d6gNOL6tq1lm2ywxoOBzThst2wDu9gAd5ELB2FflR2oKY8rxzT2sUT9-e6yJIC-_n_ROYr_dfuZkc1zqw=w481-h361" width="481" /></a></div><br /><div>French Foreign Legionnaires armed with Lebel Fusil Model 1886 advance against the Germans in August 1914. These are metal 28mm pieces I painted for the "Great War" Centennial.</div></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-25048709243769385362023-03-27T09:34:00.004-07:002023-03-27T09:47:49.780-07:00Some Fools are Always Fooled<p> </p><h1 class="quoteText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO2y_R8ohXaGEQn1oa6g14mzF-DXH9LOUDCfirV_IB026Oj5gD8egQ4NtqUHy87Y2aGJKOh72r3-DR1p62SC7EgRcxJwUyumLPL_gp_6ZZQxDR1iu-XBz5i-Zdjn7lB3hghK0pz-RFcPHETCeM4jfde0K0qXu8KYUsl6vqs2KhLVqpETGoMQeFNtjKQw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO2y_R8ohXaGEQn1oa6g14mzF-DXH9LOUDCfirV_IB026Oj5gD8egQ4NtqUHy87Y2aGJKOh72r3-DR1p62SC7EgRcxJwUyumLPL_gp_6ZZQxDR1iu-XBz5i-Zdjn7lB3hghK0pz-RFcPHETCeM4jfde0K0qXu8KYUsl6vqs2KhLVqpETGoMQeFNtjKQw=w500-h374" width="500" /></a></div></h1><h1 class="quoteText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;">“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."</h1><h1 class="quoteText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"> Abraham Lincoln</h1><div><br /></div><div>The miniatures are plastic pieces I painted in 2011 to represent the soldiers of 24th Michigan of the famous War Between the States Union Iron Brigade.</div><div><br /></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-10798910449572484212023-02-09T09:54:00.005-08:002023-02-09T09:54:59.086-08:00<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2023/02/vietnam-1962-advisors-phase.html" style="color: #1b0431;">Vietnam 1962-the Advisors Phase</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7384170765600487260" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMxchdZI-SLixkyigHsU144-xACHSi7Tp1hntU61Gr_rAiheUEiIbuXTHNx1dprRmqoPq_BkaOr_qP9rFBEaRWxehnMcbwW9SSLDoI9mXfRU3Q365U-bJch_SvPuYaxw_RaPCPidEtiJ9O8K5cLZnCotV0SQHXvZOqPWl7mFsueXxev3iHobFSluFTw/s1982/20230130_190515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="1982" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMxchdZI-SLixkyigHsU144-xACHSi7Tp1hntU61Gr_rAiheUEiIbuXTHNx1dprRmqoPq_BkaOr_qP9rFBEaRWxehnMcbwW9SSLDoI9mXfRU3Q365U-bJch_SvPuYaxw_RaPCPidEtiJ9O8K5cLZnCotV0SQHXvZOqPWl7mFsueXxev3iHobFSluFTw/s320/20230130_190515.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>Armed with the reliable .45 cal. M3 Submachine Gun, popularly known as the "Grease Gun," this model of an American Advisor has taken an active part in an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) patrol. In the last years of the Eisenhower Administration some 700 US military advisors were active in South Vietnam. In 1962, the new Kenedy Administration sent an additional 500 to assist the ARVN. in an effort to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5l_0-HJQo9C1IxjVCfkCOW2_sUC_xTfMhRFkCBNWHwbGil3c9raGI1yrAsh8epwGE41WSaNZj2N-qNL9HQvSZGhdejGY9iv6VsN1QFXbAUg3EkzUXqdTWKzPmsxZWchjFE94eqC1fWRcn-PnVc_oBcQD1MrpzErwGY1FmLMjuHq3LZMQDTOCALHiOA/s1870/20230130_190526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="1870" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5l_0-HJQo9C1IxjVCfkCOW2_sUC_xTfMhRFkCBNWHwbGil3c9raGI1yrAsh8epwGE41WSaNZj2N-qNL9HQvSZGhdejGY9iv6VsN1QFXbAUg3EkzUXqdTWKzPmsxZWchjFE94eqC1fWRcn-PnVc_oBcQD1MrpzErwGY1FmLMjuHq3LZMQDTOCALHiOA/s320/20230130_190526.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>With continuing requests for more advisors and support personal from the South Vietnamese Government and US military, the numbers of American forces committed grew steadily, reaching 11,000+ by the end of 1962. To that date 53 US military personnel had be killed in Vietnan. More troops were seen as needed by the American Government to prop up the South Vietnamese government and prevent the success of the dreaded " Domino Theory" that foretold the fall of surrounding countries to Communist take overs once South Vietnam fell.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dI4OGNeB1rzwpIKbsa91h0nbjMma3xHHqe9soKKhT7BmlNfwNpQuFJVkxL4qnHJnP7FA_JDLDvjsYr_pO8RnZ9404GUdo4kJxAtqUZ8bQDv6e_AnOalFpydGpAovYErch_IxcGA-OCcVnGXC3z6fQMbAj72q6AhQ8nmFUO2Id-ulhj5BcZVC8RQEXw/s1853/20230130_190521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="1853" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dI4OGNeB1rzwpIKbsa91h0nbjMma3xHHqe9soKKhT7BmlNfwNpQuFJVkxL4qnHJnP7FA_JDLDvjsYr_pO8RnZ9404GUdo4kJxAtqUZ8bQDv6e_AnOalFpydGpAovYErch_IxcGA-OCcVnGXC3z6fQMbAj72q6AhQ8nmFUO2Id-ulhj5BcZVC8RQEXw/s320/20230130_190521.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>Within a year the number of American service personnel in Vietnam had reached 16,000 and the next phase of US escalating the war into full combat involvement was on the near horizon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUo2BKD1wEgINKoelraKMmc6f_RNotLZ5qpCs3PQGAhnbvRY6f8lYGkxGneEArdBJwJ0f81nBbUiYDNga90811YHQFF4HBQs2WGWGF8IQfSanEYMFgMysZMY4KBv1trd1hEWhaS4sIwk24GwKsw_bArQZZ1eIGYR05egSuStRg4EHRJOrCjYpowjgk9A/s2027/20230130_190508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="1936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUo2BKD1wEgINKoelraKMmc6f_RNotLZ5qpCs3PQGAhnbvRY6f8lYGkxGneEArdBJwJ0f81nBbUiYDNga90811YHQFF4HBQs2WGWGF8IQfSanEYMFgMysZMY4KBv1trd1hEWhaS4sIwk24GwKsw_bArQZZ1eIGYR05egSuStRg4EHRJOrCjYpowjgk9A/s320/20230130_190508.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="306" /></a></div>This is a kit bashed 28mm plastic piece I painted in January '23.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-33321843871839903532023-01-23T18:01:00.001-08:002023-01-23T18:02:02.604-08:00The Beauty of Bronze<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2235132436299357023" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #eeeecc; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(238, 238, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 10px 14px 1px 29px;">From the Renaissance to modern times, bronze has been a popular metal for both for the work of artists and craftsmen. Paris is a perfect city to find both types of works outdoors, for wherever you look in Paris, you find bronze in all its glory:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqwk4j0WEohxa1OqhDDNKCUIpV7odjxCdfs6SQTfKHTujpBxoAxuY0h4Gma4ytxFmsoiBZSsTInsCNE70-o9z9gQKWoEfoBAlx0XGPMaa_737VlN05JtxyBDFrrtl0k6Ify3Y0iEcUWsP/s1600/4712+last+fulldayinparis+004.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqwk4j0WEohxa1OqhDDNKCUIpV7odjxCdfs6SQTfKHTujpBxoAxuY0h4Gma4ytxFmsoiBZSsTInsCNE70-o9z9gQKWoEfoBAlx0XGPMaa_737VlN05JtxyBDFrrtl0k6Ify3Y0iEcUWsP/s320/4712+last+fulldayinparis+004.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From a giant elephant (at the d' Orsay)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zMpyJt4aWqMYFGkQnbnccgKsxOMCLB9exjmu3e6pon9WC17_H66qGyhEWCw7KwOOIi6IuLrEnStyh_JstMw-NkR-u4Y0UT9sYlOCjAdp_1mEvTdJKpaPE2F3WGbgubnBxEV8OWuu1-Tt/s1600/4712+last+fulldayinparis+006.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zMpyJt4aWqMYFGkQnbnccgKsxOMCLB9exjmu3e6pon9WC17_H66qGyhEWCw7KwOOIi6IuLrEnStyh_JstMw-NkR-u4Y0UT9sYlOCjAdp_1mEvTdJKpaPE2F3WGbgubnBxEV8OWuu1-Tt/s320/4712+last+fulldayinparis+006.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to a life size rhinoceros (at the d' Orsay)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZaaFOnnEuaqira3a_HxI8TFWkt7GJ4JTtISn1b0b1nNX0VWO45sO5vSlItr_a8Kp8zzz-qXmPwVXy6QYzpbQhx09O7kXVP9-2L272MxA5AVfh4AABqIuNnG7Lq4fT4-V7nlS794v9KQ1/s1600/4712+last+fulldayinparis+007.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZaaFOnnEuaqira3a_HxI8TFWkt7GJ4JTtISn1b0b1nNX0VWO45sO5vSlItr_a8Kp8zzz-qXmPwVXy6QYzpbQhx09O7kXVP9-2L272MxA5AVfh4AABqIuNnG7Lq4fT4-V7nlS794v9KQ1/s320/4712+last+fulldayinparis+007.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the workman's companion (also at the d'Orsay).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzovnFahXUmydgG22QeoXP7R9a4mLYwOmO1dRZphIhsn2Hjtj_KVlDyfVvAhqI3ZyywkFwopfZaVIQLdYm1DFZjGBKADatwjdRsVtwC2I-J9bfqZUKEV9D0M8y87MH6Clf_p8y6YIn-H4/s1600/4712+last+fulldayinparis+052.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOzovnFahXUmydgG22QeoXP7R9a4mLYwOmO1dRZphIhsn2Hjtj_KVlDyfVvAhqI3ZyywkFwopfZaVIQLdYm1DFZjGBKADatwjdRsVtwC2I-J9bfqZUKEV9D0M8y87MH6Clf_p8y6YIn-H4/s320/4712+last+fulldayinparis+052.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fountains galore-here a memorial to Delacroix in the Luxembourg Gardens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSB3exHs3fF0AFO15Vl-sKWsqjwO3aaitvgIi-ZOFYCPL6IwSZSYsbj8FIy5rMBFNeqD_ofIp5O-BzVD1BY6vXRwaDqFXThCbkQAnlRtOHUNnbaFPD0pIZhPKGpFq2y0YOqVdPOKZO04M/s1600/4712+last+fulldayinparis+105.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSB3exHs3fF0AFO15Vl-sKWsqjwO3aaitvgIi-ZOFYCPL6IwSZSYsbj8FIy5rMBFNeqD_ofIp5O-BzVD1BY6vXRwaDqFXThCbkQAnlRtOHUNnbaFPD0pIZhPKGpFq2y0YOqVdPOKZO04M/s320/4712+last+fulldayinparis+105.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Detail of the doors at the Pantheon show the craftsmanship of the 18th century bronze masters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI3y6o3cOYQF4rxIk1TpBvZCWnWjkxmlQ1FUwQXniC5O9bEQWawDWI-OHy6YOQuwkQmetewPyqiMlIGPbMoi6ygGbkNlYCyBg1eSlQJmwiz7sVooWaeUAmRJOJ-9iy1c4ovSOgHRBJTdz/s1600/Paris+day+two+032.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI3y6o3cOYQF4rxIk1TpBvZCWnWjkxmlQ1FUwQXniC5O9bEQWawDWI-OHy6YOQuwkQmetewPyqiMlIGPbMoi6ygGbkNlYCyBg1eSlQJmwiz7sVooWaeUAmRJOJ-9iy1c4ovSOgHRBJTdz/s320/Paris+day+two+032.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cannon of the King with the royal Fleur de Lys (Invalides collection)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUDPn24ETr00amkqiCOS1QbKxoMcyPsTBoEYBIuX7ME1nHwF1AqEJ2pYhn0f1skc2CbfOUdIDkql25clEnY_w8xkG_VhQyth6x3pMZd2JDJXJ_SaDETZ_7nGPrWrhOQ-nQOxVFVH0JM42/s1600/Paris+Wed+4412+020.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUDPn24ETr00amkqiCOS1QbKxoMcyPsTBoEYBIuX7ME1nHwF1AqEJ2pYhn0f1skc2CbfOUdIDkql25clEnY_w8xkG_VhQyth6x3pMZd2JDJXJ_SaDETZ_7nGPrWrhOQ-nQOxVFVH0JM42/s320/Paris+Wed+4412+020.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Louvre masterpieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctj8C8lwglPw-Qz-x1nlnwLWKeaRTfKDJumjBYdVkphKAwBsk9-CGlGCMOupfQGXuKUM-_E1UZ4SXoC3HBys5uLhILrfCgXOKmnnlll27efGzVO9HnIHIOVwQKOm-YZv1HudHxNHCbzqM/s1600/Paris+Sat+151.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctj8C8lwglPw-Qz-x1nlnwLWKeaRTfKDJumjBYdVkphKAwBsk9-CGlGCMOupfQGXuKUM-_E1UZ4SXoC3HBys5uLhILrfCgXOKmnnlll27efGzVO9HnIHIOVwQKOm-YZv1HudHxNHCbzqM/s320/Paris+Sat+151.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maillol's Art Deco 1925 monument to Cezanne (near the carousel).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y72hkspUyUNrNejIgbByErpOxg_F8dNEA22sZrv7x-Y4FcZCGvevDibLC1g7zP8IHLHpx8-lgm2hd5_FpxBi5LdXXm1wupB6anHsIrVRHGJX_h0w1bRWWlmlfyGeGs73pPJ-7o_rBHNG/s1600/Paris+Notre+Dame+119.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y72hkspUyUNrNejIgbByErpOxg_F8dNEA22sZrv7x-Y4FcZCGvevDibLC1g7zP8IHLHpx8-lgm2hd5_FpxBi5LdXXm1wupB6anHsIrVRHGJX_h0w1bRWWlmlfyGeGs73pPJ-7o_rBHNG/s320/Paris+Notre+Dame+119.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Balconies like this one on the Louvre (Lion Pavilion), and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZafFJyjsjjLaeb_U_gsEhkZromLteJzzuggpjjLFa5EW7bKykFwk3YGw2OdghtPd6Mt2cRfedNxNzTKPI0T6BA5lZYN5EphMfy6aPlHTxIS16sRQNwpNYiDtAbLSxcclCrxDqjLTD9Fc/s1600/Paris+Wed+4412+135.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZafFJyjsjjLaeb_U_gsEhkZromLteJzzuggpjjLFa5EW7bKykFwk3YGw2OdghtPd6Mt2cRfedNxNzTKPI0T6BA5lZYN5EphMfy6aPlHTxIS16sRQNwpNYiDtAbLSxcclCrxDqjLTD9Fc/s320/Paris+Wed+4412+135.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">streetlights (at the Garnier) to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwYIBgw9W4PWMkOG1_-JmhyphenhyphenpfRZ3AqplOhHXlbzEhDeoJv4ugshhcqVRq7ZRry5qVEgiJiz2SJMjfHHItFaoTm-5dFfuDEyzIzZEd1jTRcasXY7lZW0sB5wlmit6hC6dLqaJsQyelFIHv/s1600/4512paristdsick+017.JPG" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwYIBgw9W4PWMkOG1_-JmhyphenhyphenpfRZ3AqplOhHXlbzEhDeoJv4ugshhcqVRq7ZRry5qVEgiJiz2SJMjfHHItFaoTm-5dFfuDEyzIzZEd1jTRcasXY7lZW0sB5wlmit6hC6dLqaJsQyelFIHv/s320/4512paristdsick+017.JPG" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">simple door handles, bronze beauty is everywhere in Paris.</div></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-59080073800454572912022-12-31T18:53:00.003-08:002022-12-31T18:53:23.667-08:00HAPPY NEW YEARS-1918 Style<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBN_JGq9qYnbSv4mVepe7fGn3JsOOsPXkHZUvfqqCL5j2zDVTQnXiMel3Pu2AwCIkZCB3nqZ31CdzIcV-URG66nRuKdf5SLBVq-qU51_g9xgY8KiREMeVTMGA7s35Ze97XGaqj1Z0CClC156s5to-6LXJ9o4oWWa_28jbWTxi4HHaSLrfR3ZV01JG8tw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBN_JGq9qYnbSv4mVepe7fGn3JsOOsPXkHZUvfqqCL5j2zDVTQnXiMel3Pu2AwCIkZCB3nqZ31CdzIcV-URG66nRuKdf5SLBVq-qU51_g9xgY8KiREMeVTMGA7s35Ze97XGaqj1Z0CClC156s5to-6LXJ9o4oWWa_28jbWTxi4HHaSLrfR3ZV01JG8tw" width="320" /></a></p> Another New Years' Celebration full of lights in the sky. But on January 1, 1918, the fire in the sky wasn't from fireworks.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJST0fqhh6onsdoa3ZfZqsYvS38_THBvSCmgOuhrly6ujfGItaP7CGM0PdKrF5hsJ55795KJywQHQEcpB5BTK6RXoatgRiVw0fQkhN1i0e-6Y3p_AE9Z6BE2AzrLhTdLBZ9dEZj5jM-C4E3KHs0wTtAYTz8v2Kf2flupo0V-dw4svkkWvcwCAVKXDBhw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJST0fqhh6onsdoa3ZfZqsYvS38_THBvSCmgOuhrly6ujfGItaP7CGM0PdKrF5hsJ55795KJywQHQEcpB5BTK6RXoatgRiVw0fQkhN1i0e-6Y3p_AE9Z6BE2AzrLhTdLBZ9dEZj5jM-C4E3KHs0wTtAYTz8v2Kf2flupo0V-dw4svkkWvcwCAVKXDBhw" width="284" /></a></div>Rather it was from two sets of massive warring forces the Allies vs the Central Powers. Here an Imperial German 77mm field gun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhswYyCq9EtddZOmWdv2b3rP9LBEeE9qZRCkxx0umJAPR0Lgp66hMv2eMpLzjnr-jyJvtm1AaoJDMfgRLXUxpKJjh8FhKkNA0icdM2WtmTlbkuB_KNZKYcl1X0UG8StKJrAldBXDbdcIDxre9UI8ExATd8sefo9qsLw15us4sfh5e42e2utlhbrVLWvWg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhswYyCq9EtddZOmWdv2b3rP9LBEeE9qZRCkxx0umJAPR0Lgp66hMv2eMpLzjnr-jyJvtm1AaoJDMfgRLXUxpKJjh8FhKkNA0icdM2WtmTlbkuB_KNZKYcl1X0UG8StKJrAldBXDbdcIDxre9UI8ExATd8sefo9qsLw15us4sfh5e42e2utlhbrVLWvWg" width="320" /></a></div>And its opposite number the famous French Soixante-Quinze (75) mm. None of those fighting in the Great War knew that 1918 would be the last year of the terrible conflict. Yet it was and New Year's Day 1919, saw a World that while not at total peace, as least saw the guns of the Great War silent.<p></p><p>These are metal pieces from Old Glory that I painted for my Great War Armies back in 2010.</p><p><br /></p><p>May 2023 be a good one for you and yours, and hopefully the current guns of war will fall silent as they did in the Great War 125 Years ago.</p><div><br /></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-74999804440608076752022-10-25T20:11:00.007-07:002022-11-20T19:47:58.558-08:00Thoth-the Recorder of Lives<p><br /></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-167522501753651155" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZL_fDjWf5VTLRIA4pomsjsd_qHMZFnOzOQiGedkCiXXFNv3s69wuU-QgjILIx5DJwqvDOY0T7jC5PsZuu06Ape5TUisiQb2_NNfrU1Nu1qMUy6dVFprFxHux7ZEZ0VrAO_6ut9gXKzrDw/s2048/20210723_092804.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZL_fDjWf5VTLRIA4pomsjsd_qHMZFnOzOQiGedkCiXXFNv3s69wuU-QgjILIx5DJwqvDOY0T7jC5PsZuu06Ape5TUisiQb2_NNfrU1Nu1qMUy6dVFprFxHux7ZEZ0VrAO_6ut9gXKzrDw/s320/20210723_092804.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="240" /></a></div>Thoth the scribe of the gods, creator of magic, writing, laws, religion, science and the recorder of the results of the judgement of the dead souls attempting to enter Osiris' realm of the Afterlife.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjm615KqX3wZBK4p-8aX2opR51EZrab16zO07l1C75b_Bok4tHtfU_31IjtlWEhDbOR-4-_IGx1thp2aLk8XcA1yJyEQdS1Z1vbSqDpk14pmYCTHaDU7JyaMr5BbyjO0H2pgxdf_T8PiV/s2048/20210723_092733.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1478" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjm615KqX3wZBK4p-8aX2opR51EZrab16zO07l1C75b_Bok4tHtfU_31IjtlWEhDbOR-4-_IGx1thp2aLk8XcA1yJyEQdS1Z1vbSqDpk14pmYCTHaDU7JyaMr5BbyjO0H2pgxdf_T8PiV/s320/20210723_092733.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="231" /></a></div>With the head of an Ibis or Baboon, his sacred animals, Thoth accomplished his duties with honesty and truth.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KwnBnUSfiR2Hhf9cTsQKgicx12Ox3mG6EMLd9JbyHLnDp-RPiuLiTdLu3mJRJ1XGTZ5h-IdYELmBDIz0ro4n53evGA6Wi4EQuvSlferMo8ev_hJNyrIK8yLrTjkG05YxC7m1TSsPPiN-/s2048/20210723_092933.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KwnBnUSfiR2Hhf9cTsQKgicx12Ox3mG6EMLd9JbyHLnDp-RPiuLiTdLu3mJRJ1XGTZ5h-IdYELmBDIz0ro4n53evGA6Wi4EQuvSlferMo8ev_hJNyrIK8yLrTjkG05YxC7m1TSsPPiN-/s320/20210723_092933.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="228" /></a></div>As one of the Major Egyptian Gods, he was critical to the maintenance of the Universe.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsI9k0xOvvK8Cbr_Md3QNiYfeQ3Qh-gCT70HzXZNNVymcPLaS6jWqyQpOA-zbffEgbEmN59VaUW5pp_hroHkYOqv5Rman2oT7JICYIpXSdtfncl6VlzQhio8PCZE6PfZiX4-DFDyxGIBsc/s2048/20210723_092945.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1411" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsI9k0xOvvK8Cbr_Md3QNiYfeQ3Qh-gCT70HzXZNNVymcPLaS6jWqyQpOA-zbffEgbEmN59VaUW5pp_hroHkYOqv5Rman2oT7JICYIpXSdtfncl6VlzQhio8PCZE6PfZiX4-DFDyxGIBsc/s320/20210723_092945.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="220" /></a></div>Thoth and his baboon are plastic pieces</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-17345157815717048932022-10-14T12:30:00.009-07:002022-10-14T19:03:00.038-07:00All Crows are White, Right?<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcQ8yzxF_YaoZbj3SaGNmfKocWVcWRtZEKk8Z6gV38Y_KGSfjzWVjg5GQgwcvTrclNk7JaXTg73_MVFDZZLZAtloGxoz4bPYOlFMNbnwPGzBk4VW01VGoFAiL9X6iSUqnlI4DWBgYkkxzkvyyZtg6XpR4JRYLtWq3PpvkvoqnFRzzYwz2xyzXQ4AXlg/s2885/20221013_095702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2885" data-original-width="2559" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcQ8yzxF_YaoZbj3SaGNmfKocWVcWRtZEKk8Z6gV38Y_KGSfjzWVjg5GQgwcvTrclNk7JaXTg73_MVFDZZLZAtloGxoz4bPYOlFMNbnwPGzBk4VW01VGoFAiL9X6iSUqnlI4DWBgYkkxzkvyyZtg6XpR4JRYLtWq3PpvkvoqnFRzzYwz2xyzXQ4AXlg/s320/20221013_095702.jpg" width="284" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The God Apollo used his white crows (ravens) to give messages to and spy on humans. When Apollo fell in love with the Thessalian Princess Coronis and made her pregnant he had his crows watch over her. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWErqTuu9rJUgVeR1tbmcXSKRIgJgJtQoox1OGmyceUr5LYj8qvP1FbmWyYaiNqiKlMHD5WtOxxtYBjbKRtJ141qX4gUTTNpiNaMP1Hqy1xkAgQRw2stXoVPaZPrRSfHyftv4RaA6cjG3K0eas1SK-dc-tc9RRp0nmWzMeTy2uLISHE2baYqpwGjeyw/s3822/20221013_095647.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3822" data-original-width="3080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWErqTuu9rJUgVeR1tbmcXSKRIgJgJtQoox1OGmyceUr5LYj8qvP1FbmWyYaiNqiKlMHD5WtOxxtYBjbKRtJ141qX4gUTTNpiNaMP1Hqy1xkAgQRw2stXoVPaZPrRSfHyftv4RaA6cjG3K0eas1SK-dc-tc9RRp0nmWzMeTy2uLISHE2baYqpwGjeyw/s320/20221013_095647.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately for all, the crow witnessed Coronis have an affair with Ischys a mere MORTAL!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvbOCHjpFzJC8Yy7DMn_f8OqBVgKvEAZspsqaqMAU1ibYgg4OCLYHNM7w78t7XrjFXeBJxIzuuW7IRtkLM_jqDN5lmLvy6Hd-CN8K0nu5sItljMRD-y--NpDP-Y88ZK7wy8k2ws1Kyr5d6e107XiD7HwIJLVXRhXGZlMUFrg3uuDybY6GdvGnGsV7Ig/s3250/20221013_095657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3250" data-original-width="2375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvbOCHjpFzJC8Yy7DMn_f8OqBVgKvEAZspsqaqMAU1ibYgg4OCLYHNM7w78t7XrjFXeBJxIzuuW7IRtkLM_jqDN5lmLvy6Hd-CN8K0nu5sItljMRD-y--NpDP-Y88ZK7wy8k2ws1Kyr5d6e107XiD7HwIJLVXRhXGZlMUFrg3uuDybY6GdvGnGsV7Ig/s320/20221013_095657.jpg" width="234" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When informed of this infidelity Apollo flew into a god like rage and had his sister Artemis shower plague arrows on Coronis' palace, dooming her and her retainers to horrible deaths. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWiLQqjTA2_pR9rMxY7CDvrZfvKEOW-2HWx5ozAr-w2H9Ajjzm6d9RihgHfwrqZ4j_oOHzYoAgk_WkB38RIK9s0VCDBm0W1qb_G-BAYzRnZ6gqk9y5JN3s-yRL5Uf9RxF4SlVtdj7Z5xy78MFTbXkSjyTAhaakIKFGOaZLF98KwiDfM0JQdgyaZpSvA/s2920/20221013_095715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="2553" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWiLQqjTA2_pR9rMxY7CDvrZfvKEOW-2HWx5ozAr-w2H9Ajjzm6d9RihgHfwrqZ4j_oOHzYoAgk_WkB38RIK9s0VCDBm0W1qb_G-BAYzRnZ6gqk9y5JN3s-yRL5Uf9RxF4SlVtdj7Z5xy78MFTbXkSjyTAhaakIKFGOaZLF98KwiDfM0JQdgyaZpSvA/s320/20221013_095715.jpg" width="280" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He sent a white crow to see the result. When the crow retuned, he gleefully reported on Coronis' suffering, her begging Apollo's forgiveness and asking the god to save their child. The crow ended his report with a laughing HA, HA, HA. Apollo was so angry with the glee the crow had for the pleas of Coronis that he cursed all white crows and turned them black. Apollo then raised Coronis into the heavens where she became the constellation "Corvus the Crow."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbwVvOa8DXe4-3yR_vgerdNo_8mbwFrSWAVWtVEZCR63el8Bw77Uxdy3V0c1lHUDZJ2mdB28CokcCeeIevXHKIIqzhnifheEsWLzsyeqAjmiZOIlXIXVQTVMXZCQYYYITHwZlr14rWoDMtzAsOG6ACzErPvdGcrx8HfgWJfZMd6VBWj_wHuGHpwDYmw/s3626/20220805_100521.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3626" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbwVvOa8DXe4-3yR_vgerdNo_8mbwFrSWAVWtVEZCR63el8Bw77Uxdy3V0c1lHUDZJ2mdB28CokcCeeIevXHKIIqzhnifheEsWLzsyeqAjmiZOIlXIXVQTVMXZCQYYYITHwZlr14rWoDMtzAsOG6ACzErPvdGcrx8HfgWJfZMd6VBWj_wHuGHpwDYmw/s320/20220805_100521.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div>Since that day all ravens/crows have been black, and their once melodic voices turned into harsh cry's. Apollo did save his child, a son Asclepius who was a great healer, but that is another story.</div><div><br /></div><div>I painted these two plastic pieces in 2022.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-24105680467468917632022-10-08T08:41:00.005-07:002022-11-06T18:43:22.132-08:00Hera, Queen of the Gods-and Revenge<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2022/08/hera-queen-of-revenge.html" style="color: #1b0431;">Hera Queen of Revenge</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-240430189704180284" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YAkRHt2HhWT8LDKH-RLUj2thhkLarSsp6suSUhLfYkRLY5UnowmM41tbhStXlHvmIVHpSU7klyMlAm1iDifJaOzUDndL7Rg0JXNOlnpHe4b02B5hdFHOgJ5_3H7oinmBSz8ey3kVPJuVY1VxTXl8Y6mLfxvVZFTChvgJtzT7WzYvGzpzTw6NpL54Yw/s4070/20220702_102731.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4070" data-original-width="2198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YAkRHt2HhWT8LDKH-RLUj2thhkLarSsp6suSUhLfYkRLY5UnowmM41tbhStXlHvmIVHpSU7klyMlAm1iDifJaOzUDndL7Rg0JXNOlnpHe4b02B5hdFHOgJ5_3H7oinmBSz8ey3kVPJuVY1VxTXl8Y6mLfxvVZFTChvgJtzT7WzYvGzpzTw6NpL54Yw/s320/20220702_102731.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="173" /></a></div>Hera, Queen of the Gods, Daughter of Kronus and Rhea, wife of Zeus, Goddess of Women, Childbirth and Marriage and one very, very jealous wife.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD0I5oKeMcQkCDRmQLzupmwwchaZEcVJEGUp6akaHqbTGbnkui6R_2rLDSF9pFVyuDyRk-lfUQkrktdluBwjrkp6an1DQxHEAPXqm2QNPtDAEAT_s0qIAFFXbjiP9IQnxSgWx9kygp8bKPhLzbIet3HqfSQ8aiUtsFu4K7muMikDP4M86Iy3Rb37c-w/s3866/20220702_102758.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3866" data-original-width="2077" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD0I5oKeMcQkCDRmQLzupmwwchaZEcVJEGUp6akaHqbTGbnkui6R_2rLDSF9pFVyuDyRk-lfUQkrktdluBwjrkp6an1DQxHEAPXqm2QNPtDAEAT_s0qIAFFXbjiP9IQnxSgWx9kygp8bKPhLzbIet3HqfSQ8aiUtsFu4K7muMikDP4M86Iy3Rb37c-w/s320/20220702_102758.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="172" /></a></div>Nothing angered her more than catching her over sexed husband having his way with humans, gods, immortals or any female period (seeing as Zeus had over 100 children that were not Hera's, she had a very busy time getting her revenge).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1aK9S2p1sd-yFnTod1PW5c5BwXUmnDjwbWd9rw_kLWVrnC7p-dxYC2TVbwBUd34GjarX0l-10UG4NIK9ApwOnAFqBLO2_y9PslG25TWozQ2ObYWgGT34Ygjbc7CTYakZBNPWAHV7WbltWsRnMSvyp_xtrFheu-ZafU18O8wtmP2iEswXKKI1nyRKVw/s4094/20220702_102748.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4094" data-original-width="2868" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1aK9S2p1sd-yFnTod1PW5c5BwXUmnDjwbWd9rw_kLWVrnC7p-dxYC2TVbwBUd34GjarX0l-10UG4NIK9ApwOnAFqBLO2_y9PslG25TWozQ2ObYWgGT34Ygjbc7CTYakZBNPWAHV7WbltWsRnMSvyp_xtrFheu-ZafU18O8wtmP2iEswXKKI1nyRKVw/s320/20220702_102748.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="224" /></a></div>Even heroes like Herakles were victims of Hera's anger towards Zeus' philandering. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNGoDTDnIbefvePPyKleNilrWKf9UUlq-uAOvLpd2xF8CrPvyyuekkKzcAcKsORGyGEwrSQq-dTmBLnFp2nyGzO_0MryfllomKC9AWK_WLH2R_gTvcWjIY3PSUUAisKcjRBKya0KMiLhjUD85dpAtK2YFyMB141s_i2Ayzakdhb9wUsCyJB5MzPE05g/s4317/20220702_102739.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4317" data-original-width="2611" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNGoDTDnIbefvePPyKleNilrWKf9UUlq-uAOvLpd2xF8CrPvyyuekkKzcAcKsORGyGEwrSQq-dTmBLnFp2nyGzO_0MryfllomKC9AWK_WLH2R_gTvcWjIY3PSUUAisKcjRBKya0KMiLhjUD85dpAtK2YFyMB141s_i2Ayzakdhb9wUsCyJB5MzPE05g/s320/20220702_102739.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="194" /></a></div>Hera is a large plastic piece from Mystic Battles that I painted last July.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-56305567182009277242022-10-05T10:22:00.008-07:002022-10-21T19:27:21.316-07:00Tank, Cruiser, Mk VII, Cromwell (A27M)<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6220551396849965575" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #eeeecc; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(238, 238, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.61px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 10px 14px 1px 29px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxm4xMG72cmHQpdmgYdqW3eqTQHbXwh6efmITxxZ8fkaDvocJypEOwcjy1362OViEQI7BXVAjYvW3xPGX30xBY-F3B0OsOps_3BJz67pAnSliJvY3bWdo9636e5sgha9QSUpXIF9YRRyHT5H5lu7FC5bFDq8EzJXgBD8fdXvUEes1U0zIptXX1ojedjg" style="color: #445566; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3279" data-original-width="4465" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxm4xMG72cmHQpdmgYdqW3eqTQHbXwh6efmITxxZ8fkaDvocJypEOwcjy1362OViEQI7BXVAjYvW3xPGX30xBY-F3B0OsOps_3BJz67pAnSliJvY3bWdo9636e5sgha9QSUpXIF9YRRyHT5H5lu7FC5bFDq8EzJXgBD8fdXvUEes1U0zIptXX1ojedjg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db; text-align: left;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">What a mouthful of a title, let's just stick with "Cromwell." During the Second World War, British tank designs were designated as either "Infantry Tanks" or "Cruiser Tanks." The former were slow AFV's (Armored Fighting Vehicle's) designed to travel with and give close support to infantry forces. While cruisers were fast attack tanks designed to create breakthroughs in the front or contain enemy assaults. With only 4000 units built, Cromwell's were not the most common tank in the British Army. Yet with its high speed of 64kn/h (40 mph), good armor of 76-100mm (3 to 4 inches) and a reliable 75 mm (2.953 inch) main gun, the Cromwell was popular with its crews. </span></span></span><span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Cromwell's saw heavy service from 1944 to the end of World War II in Europe, as well as action in the '48 Arab Israeli War and the Korean War. </span><span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">After World War II, some Cromwell's found service with the Greek, Israeli, Polish and Portuguese Armies. </span><span style="background-color: #fff3db; text-align: left;"><span face="Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">By the mid-1950's, they were no longer frontline units in the British Army.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">This is a plastic piece that I put together and painted in July '22.</span></div></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-61994020610905286862022-09-19T11:13:00.004-07:002022-09-20T09:07:47.311-07:00Correcting an Infamous Statement<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBuwDPaNvoQ7nhJ11W7Caghy337wHz-i7cXtMubjc4_Rqpxsjmmi6oa2OQsFMF28mw2jQ-N1WXUu8EjJM023SogLJrqHmtEFPGSVHySrOg2O_PstzIkFsALdKHKGe_4G5jTuTcDn51D9XItKv3NtHcqWYMQi3bJpzqiyxjgOgPv_NlNe61x-9y_ZM5A/s4032/20180429_121633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBuwDPaNvoQ7nhJ11W7Caghy337wHz-i7cXtMubjc4_Rqpxsjmmi6oa2OQsFMF28mw2jQ-N1WXUu8EjJM023SogLJrqHmtEFPGSVHySrOg2O_PstzIkFsALdKHKGe_4G5jTuTcDn51D9XItKv3NtHcqWYMQi3bJpzqiyxjgOgPv_NlNe61x-9y_ZM5A/s320/20180429_121633.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> There is an infamous saying about "those who do can and those who can't teach." The truth of the matter is more- "THOSE WHO CAN DO AND THOSE WHO CAN'T BLAME THE TEACHER!"<p></p>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-9304988469917389492022-07-30T09:58:00.004-07:002022-07-30T10:06:06.720-07:00Norseman Raider-that's Viking to You<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EI23HxisyDzzf-Bw-VScsbqEe75ZH7UhnVEullqiV8-poM1h1UsFgw5bGN1yRqBBqKgqJjcEedwybjHF2JNm3F_onzM_xBe65dFAZEJfH8HuIFR7DrQQCf5lZ4jbIWzGEUiyXOhZAPCz/s2048/20210803_130748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EI23HxisyDzzf-Bw-VScsbqEe75ZH7UhnVEullqiV8-poM1h1UsFgw5bGN1yRqBBqKgqJjcEedwybjHF2JNm3F_onzM_xBe65dFAZEJfH8HuIFR7DrQQCf5lZ4jbIWzGEUiyXOhZAPCz/s320/20210803_130748.jpg" width="218" /></a></p>The dreaded cry the "Vikings are coming" was enough to empty any Middle Ages village of its inhabitants as they took to countryside to escape the terrible raiders. For hundreds of years these fearsome men for the North plundered the coast lines of Europe.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>But this Norseman, Karl Karlson, could have told their victims that "Viking" was not a nationality-it was a job description. To go "Viking" meant to go raiding. These "Viking"" raiders could be Norse (Northmen /Normans), Swedes, Danes or Friesians but none were from a land called Viking.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWfHjbsck-vVeDBsPYd5OjyR9HgOtuoeMARvLITvmNmC6agGmUBO72PZJdIcvxapL1dgr9xjvWZCfZf83FT0gDLPodx7F-KHJKo5bjG5dFMkiDooliJEzrD7NmuXAoE2eI0ZW6llxAkuk/s2048/20210803_130857.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1426" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWfHjbsck-vVeDBsPYd5OjyR9HgOtuoeMARvLITvmNmC6agGmUBO72PZJdIcvxapL1dgr9xjvWZCfZf83FT0gDLPodx7F-KHJKo5bjG5dFMkiDooliJEzrD7NmuXAoE2eI0ZW6llxAkuk/s320/20210803_130857.jpg" width="223" /></a></div>Karl here is a plastic piece that I painted in 2021.Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-79420429204101364872022-07-25T11:45:00.005-07:002022-07-29T09:51:08.213-07:00Prometheus, the Giver of Fire<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXK1x67fuN-rjt-1leWlcvxgNR2_zSQQxzbQntwp3TctVmhEEbZhUDhTcJleGXBvVi4AzoepN89xIy3eWl94ymauxlPbEifaw_QLeqe4J78eNCW3rdtza4pKhbmBYZmOhMo0fpuccM4a6hvfyBw-Ra6tb9m_w_SKJ6yMWqZAM6ybBcbq45lx3_kOLbXA/s2633/20220712_215803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="2097" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXK1x67fuN-rjt-1leWlcvxgNR2_zSQQxzbQntwp3TctVmhEEbZhUDhTcJleGXBvVi4AzoepN89xIy3eWl94ymauxlPbEifaw_QLeqe4J78eNCW3rdtza4pKhbmBYZmOhMo0fpuccM4a6hvfyBw-Ra6tb9m_w_SKJ6yMWqZAM6ybBcbq45lx3_kOLbXA/s320/20220712_215803.jpg" width="255" /></a></p>The Titan Prometheus, son of Iapetus & Clymeme, was one of the few titans to support the Olympian Gods in the massive and terrible conflict, the "Titanomachy. The "Titanomachy" was a ten-year war between the Olympians under Zeus vs the majority of the Titans led by Kronos (as well as loads of monsters) for the control of the World.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDsilm_aRRJLe4JRBz6Jd-4bzHlsWHwljPJyscTbt9jyILvJyzZDsO62zAshNzC-GIRb4tl51jTUuV14uw7jsDZWiF_nEzWHCOmsMy9SC_H0go2ZYX4uE01FHIy74FLGLXfiKFAMFuykAr2MmrI1qwoiYmhRVg7JsuJUFkYpEJ70whMI3fz6Ni_2c2A/s3031/20220712_215808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3031" data-original-width="2195" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDsilm_aRRJLe4JRBz6Jd-4bzHlsWHwljPJyscTbt9jyILvJyzZDsO62zAshNzC-GIRb4tl51jTUuV14uw7jsDZWiF_nEzWHCOmsMy9SC_H0go2ZYX4uE01FHIy74FLGLXfiKFAMFuykAr2MmrI1qwoiYmhRVg7JsuJUFkYpEJ70whMI3fz6Ni_2c2A/s320/20220712_215808.jpg" width="232" /></a></div>With the aid of Prometheus, his brother Epimetheus, the Gigantes and the Cyclopes, Zeus and the Olympians won the war. As the Titan of forethought and crafty advice, Prometheus was given the task of molding mankind out of clay. From this time on he referred to mankind as his children and took particular care of them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3vZ7gI89zb-la-4ThLcpgTp0zPQMKUw5RTZgujHQg3-kS8g3sFkdLkNt0iRvewaurwhX5R14Ck7DLs1AX7-VDkkcin-i9r0ml7prOn0e-OopH43rHKStap2aMKm6xl_dDHGtdpjiy9frOmcBgsQvzZPi3VrVlFG3FKoKhRF1X-sFLfdrpuwYROvMgA/s2431/20220712_215811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="2090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3vZ7gI89zb-la-4ThLcpgTp0zPQMKUw5RTZgujHQg3-kS8g3sFkdLkNt0iRvewaurwhX5R14Ck7DLs1AX7-VDkkcin-i9r0ml7prOn0e-OopH43rHKStap2aMKm6xl_dDHGtdpjiy9frOmcBgsQvzZPi3VrVlFG3FKoKhRF1X-sFLfdrpuwYROvMgA/s320/20220712_215811.jpg" width="275" /></a></div>Zeus initially rewarded Prometheus for his loyalty and support, but when Zeus learned that Prometheus had given mankind the gift of fire, against Zeus's expressed orders, Zeus feared that with fire mankind would eventually rise up to challenge the gods themselves! Zeus went into a fierce rage at this betrayal by his favored Titan. Zeus's revenge was to be both complex and painful, the complex part included Pandora and a Jar (not a box), but that is another story. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF39xGZsJ70sW-XAawnthKdN9fdBiLZ2wxIjzgp9Mra7SSzYB5jQQSp9wYDHyVZhrDJCMF57DojgyOQxHs0ePEJLacAOnGAIac2ll7RC_KNJt9OjFwTwTWI0o1CTZ3zdHxnyh6VL0i6Oy4T6c4xVmKjEweMhw_8h8MmCHNRfxxh__M1YTuY0HINCQpqw/s2808/20220712_215814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2808" data-original-width="1880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF39xGZsJ70sW-XAawnthKdN9fdBiLZ2wxIjzgp9Mra7SSzYB5jQQSp9wYDHyVZhrDJCMF57DojgyOQxHs0ePEJLacAOnGAIac2ll7RC_KNJt9OjFwTwTWI0o1CTZ3zdHxnyh6VL0i6Oy4T6c4xVmKjEweMhw_8h8MmCHNRfxxh__M1YTuY0HINCQpqw/s320/20220712_215814.jpg" width="214" /></a> </div>The everlasting pain Zeus ordered for Prometheus involved a hungry eagle, a Titans liver and eternal suffering. Prometheus was bound to Mount Kaukasos/Caucasus where an eagle came to daily tear out and eat the Titans liver, which would regrow overnight so the pain and suffering could continue forever. Eventually Prometheus was rescued by Zeus' son Herakles/Hercules when the rage of Zeus had finally subsided.<div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">This is a plastic model of Prometheus in all his </span>"Titanomachy<span style="text-align: center;">" warlike majesty that I painted in July of 2022. </span></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-22315163135456894552022-07-12T12:54:00.006-07:002022-07-12T12:55:32.447-07:00Hekate, Goddess of Magic<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0M572gKtyfxFKzlpxVzxlfhFlKlPzYjsRhsLD4kbYJvBgcgSHrpGulb4CFdzv4Wc5vHTmqNhbRNM-Pfz6S3K65TH4dK1R0MiKOg834xzNg-1ftQrVmqwjBwHIMpNUBU8BtTyOryOo3t3rdYLfjuP_QyJ3drgxcMK_9ltJzrjKI8YzKGeb3lU58ql3w/s2876/20220630_101013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="1739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0M572gKtyfxFKzlpxVzxlfhFlKlPzYjsRhsLD4kbYJvBgcgSHrpGulb4CFdzv4Wc5vHTmqNhbRNM-Pfz6S3K65TH4dK1R0MiKOg834xzNg-1ftQrVmqwjBwHIMpNUBU8BtTyOryOo3t3rdYLfjuP_QyJ3drgxcMK_9ltJzrjKI8YzKGeb3lU58ql3w/s320/20220630_101013.jpg" width="193" /></a></p>Well known as the goddess of magic and witchcraft, Hekate also held sway over the night, Moon, necromancy and ghosts. While she claimed Perses and Asteria as her parent's, rumors abounded that Zeus, Nyx, Demeter and Aristaios might actually have been her true parents. Known as a virgin goddess, rumors also suggested that Shylla, Kirke, Medea, and Aigialeus were her "secret" offspring. Well, what do you expect from the goddess of witchcraft! As a Master of Plant lore Hekate, knew those that could save life, as well as those that are deadly poison.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnxxf7JQtQ9xwAA3OJp5TYq-JRC6i5pvmpPphsaBBoyRyozoe0HFV15rFS-fk-Nl4ui4CooByBflBPBv23i-QB8KKJsMO2OccX7o0GT2S4rBMNE39nLeVmloLkDAZ-wWY55Nn7rR6s0WIyDY2X_uHyZmTgniaALzKKPY6N_QYxTxTmiTkKkpWrqjkQQ/s2696/20220624_104920%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="2095" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnxxf7JQtQ9xwAA3OJp5TYq-JRC6i5pvmpPphsaBBoyRyozoe0HFV15rFS-fk-Nl4ui4CooByBflBPBv23i-QB8KKJsMO2OccX7o0GT2S4rBMNE39nLeVmloLkDAZ-wWY55Nn7rR6s0WIyDY2X_uHyZmTgniaALzKKPY6N_QYxTxTmiTkKkpWrqjkQQ/s320/20220624_104920%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="249" /></a></div>With three faces to better see the workings of the World, it was natural that Hekate was also the goddess of city walls, doorways, gates and roads. Hekate remained a popular goddess in the Pre-Christian Era of the Mediterranean for her benevolent relationship with her human followers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hekate is a plastic piece that I recently painted.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-55659405337269965942022-06-10T07:54:00.010-07:002022-11-06T18:44:37.207-08:00Beware Charybdis <p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2022/06/charybdis-ships-doom.html" style="color: #1b0431;">Charybdis-Ships Doom</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2370178103392004087" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_5Ii-cj1uV48CqHon0tdqv6N-MhVQa2POpYP6tx7h1sl5JcbOa8lUvGxQ4u2JaNcvmcUpPrhh2eSvJBXHQT9afhVS1Q50rPy0PDUhSZZU6IzwpeiosuJz1kbnQAQchra_98IjjQ7MfKOn7WDikYiP1UevHrheQgrv7Qq1GmlFbV7W9qyXttMRo1uBA/s2943/20220608_204004.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2396" data-original-width="2943" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_5Ii-cj1uV48CqHon0tdqv6N-MhVQa2POpYP6tx7h1sl5JcbOa8lUvGxQ4u2JaNcvmcUpPrhh2eSvJBXHQT9afhVS1Q50rPy0PDUhSZZU6IzwpeiosuJz1kbnQAQchra_98IjjQ7MfKOn7WDikYiP1UevHrheQgrv7Qq1GmlFbV7W9qyXttMRo1uBA/s320/20220608_204004.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>A threat to unwary sailors, the sea monster Charybdis, was one of the most fearsome beasts of Greek mythos. As an offspring of Gaia and Poseidon, Charybdis was caught in a quarrel between Poseidon and Zeus. Zeus cursed her, dooming her to becoming a monster that created giant whirlpools that sucked in ships and crews to their doom. Charybdis and fellow sea monster Scylla worked in tandem to make the Straits of Messina a mortal danger to shipping.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yLwYu7OdceCxz-xldzbOtpTSU9chhehT9s-2rc_v9t1bplm_LTEr3Jh1xs2IlqT6rqCxjU1MMAkHy5KrmtFL4K2PR4C82qVHqIHDXnhjmLMzRpam7pSUksW7LC67jHOkE_jClmICGaHH2qg1q4mRkhDzh7kN-gZDJBiX2uROCXUD0JVwXkq5o5zSBQ/s2364/20220608_204058.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2342" data-original-width="2364" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yLwYu7OdceCxz-xldzbOtpTSU9chhehT9s-2rc_v9t1bplm_LTEr3Jh1xs2IlqT6rqCxjU1MMAkHy5KrmtFL4K2PR4C82qVHqIHDXnhjmLMzRpam7pSUksW7LC67jHOkE_jClmICGaHH2qg1q4mRkhDzh7kN-gZDJBiX2uROCXUD0JVwXkq5o5zSBQ/s320/20220608_204058.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div><br /> This Charybdis is a plastic piece that I painted in June 2022.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-51772653166104101822022-06-09T22:09:00.006-07:002022-11-06T18:45:45.766-08:00Apollo, Protector-Poet-Oracle <p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSersnkbqj4psulCjt7bMbF8YupiFN-n6CmmaVgiaxfKEVm3uEtUwqBeOHjskCsLAr8RGNu40lhtTOve8Om1KB2ubuNxyic0bfUBfJd9XvtptjTMlLvi99EgkyT89Qvxo7Lof1ISPTs9RB2EWy2XN_YwHFMj5gKHdjvpVypYBxAZHanEUtyd5XOgFJg/s3093/20220601_210356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="2271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSersnkbqj4psulCjt7bMbF8YupiFN-n6CmmaVgiaxfKEVm3uEtUwqBeOHjskCsLAr8RGNu40lhtTOve8Om1KB2ubuNxyic0bfUBfJd9XvtptjTMlLvi99EgkyT89Qvxo7Lof1ISPTs9RB2EWy2XN_YwHFMj5gKHdjvpVypYBxAZHanEUtyd5XOgFJg/s320/20220601_210356.jpg" width="235" /></a></p>Apollo is about to demonstrate why you don't want to anger the god of divine distance (retribution).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyUrVdD7wn83W0ddyQMDEFs1mCZOk7pZ-WLDQ_IFNsXixG9uzPyfVLRZPN9JAoBXnViQ_2PvsBdRhKCrzVTTx920U9zDolyCDoes-7mwGdf4KSA0ja2T_ZoIR5pHHjpqPVfRKX3UJ9iQz5z4m9Gvftia7PmnaW-QQut_uOgFTMzcW17MAOWZr53sGEw/s3470/20220601_210405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3470" data-original-width="2789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyUrVdD7wn83W0ddyQMDEFs1mCZOk7pZ-WLDQ_IFNsXixG9uzPyfVLRZPN9JAoBXnViQ_2PvsBdRhKCrzVTTx920U9zDolyCDoes-7mwGdf4KSA0ja2T_ZoIR5pHHjpqPVfRKX3UJ9iQz5z4m9Gvftia7PmnaW-QQut_uOgFTMzcW17MAOWZr53sGEw/s320/20220601_210405.jpg" width="257" /></a></div>One of the most popular gods of the Greeks and Romans, Apollo had many aspects of power and responsibility. He was seen as the god of both religious and secular law, divine retribution, purification from quilt, crops, domesticated animals and protection from disease to name a few of his major responsibilities. As time marched on, Apollo was thought of as the Sun god, Helos, by the Greeks. A relationship that was not duplicated by the Romans and their Sun god Sol.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTd_pTHX1BQ6uGtydSUwGKlUTRigDu3lM2hDq6eKTbZlT5ZrWNaHc7vousPRmMs8VmPuqymtVIkTvIGn83z062EkwvUhfR8_xPqIwaBu9aNv0gz2A4rcTSj4QxDdcL59_kXV7yVJ2ppC3zOyJqzsz8troxBbPg8j57B0pl6UZ_lexw3EJacpbotW3pQ/s3343/20220601_210415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3343" data-original-width="2562" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTd_pTHX1BQ6uGtydSUwGKlUTRigDu3lM2hDq6eKTbZlT5ZrWNaHc7vousPRmMs8VmPuqymtVIkTvIGn83z062EkwvUhfR8_xPqIwaBu9aNv0gz2A4rcTSj4QxDdcL59_kXV7yVJ2ppC3zOyJqzsz8troxBbPg8j57B0pl6UZ_lexw3EJacpbotW3pQ/s320/20220601_210415.jpg" width="245" /></a></div>A lover of the lyre, Apollo was also the god of music, dance and poetry. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW-zVwcJgzxlOY5C1dIihr1zZt4TOp2JzayQmNMnz_2B-snvZ8mzJG9SzMQWx2h0x5GmW2qmY-w6fs-rWfOc7cz2fVdGbp3MbIHkh-KztOCFtUah03Cw7H9kr_AFuVPt_lyDYS9GzGlpRjRtGqft7RFIRbP1DjVi0gEZJE0ziMLa2VBBG3j3ah2LpFA/s3301/20220601_210421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3301" data-original-width="2305" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQW-zVwcJgzxlOY5C1dIihr1zZt4TOp2JzayQmNMnz_2B-snvZ8mzJG9SzMQWx2h0x5GmW2qmY-w6fs-rWfOc7cz2fVdGbp3MbIHkh-KztOCFtUah03Cw7H9kr_AFuVPt_lyDYS9GzGlpRjRtGqft7RFIRbP1DjVi0gEZJE0ziMLa2VBBG3j3ah2LpFA/s320/20220601_210421.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His twin sister was Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. On the Isle of Pytho (Delphi) he killed the dreaded monster <i>Python (</i><a href="https://worldhistoryprof.blogspot.com/2021/09/python-fearsome.html" style="text-align: left;">World Historyprof: Python the Fearsome</a>) and established the Oracle of Delphi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTmg9BdjrI260gI-3Yx0lSNhkRrPH4s6XeyhWAdj5yjmU1N3_nSG9l0Zz9wQBb5KeppOzqznxoZOg7cA8YO0fXW5cdOOmZz6pmbhiQEsEfI7hPaFOk0hTczPvj4vtVyaxxGVpckrQeZz1FWBibytXp30gTDDnm27U1DyOGCpQ2Yit9HbcrCipIxtASA/s3899/20220601_210430.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="3174" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTmg9BdjrI260gI-3Yx0lSNhkRrPH4s6XeyhWAdj5yjmU1N3_nSG9l0Zz9wQBb5KeppOzqznxoZOg7cA8YO0fXW5cdOOmZz6pmbhiQEsEfI7hPaFOk0hTczPvj4vtVyaxxGVpckrQeZz1FWBibytXp30gTDDnm27U1DyOGCpQ2Yit9HbcrCipIxtASA/s320/20220601_210430.jpg" width="260" /></a></div>His byname, <i>Phoebus</i>, means "pure" or "bright" which inferred his connection with the Sun. He was also called <i>Lyceius</i>, for his protection of farmers herds from wolves (lykoi being the Greek word for wolves) as well as <i>Nomios</i> " herdsman."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDny2k7srcQzh4XSzVGezhZqVIebZVn_Eolfd93PYAxcMt9wh0b10gYeBaHrj0sNOgPPVD9hz2iYZaZXbSKM9Svpb35Ho8_QHNfUKAwXhuGinuzjBn3i-oL-HOCAUcs7ISelrCoBgulk7oEv9qA89J6_2WBb1mloeuFF32Y6gsxK0dye10O7Y8Fgz6yQ/s3937/20220601_210438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="2364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDny2k7srcQzh4XSzVGezhZqVIebZVn_Eolfd93PYAxcMt9wh0b10gYeBaHrj0sNOgPPVD9hz2iYZaZXbSKM9Svpb35Ho8_QHNfUKAwXhuGinuzjBn3i-oL-HOCAUcs7ISelrCoBgulk7oEv9qA89J6_2WBb1mloeuFF32Y6gsxK0dye10O7Y8Fgz6yQ/s320/20220601_210438.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted this plastic model of Apolo in the Spring of 2022.</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-17520648903624724262022-06-09T16:03:00.003-07:002022-06-09T16:03:38.364-07:00Nature Time With Pan<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5915799219499486371" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcRYzCZgXE6kgSoHnNYVjw-frhUMsosriPGSbZYZHcWLm0r60tJRWLfEsc7MHxdKzXxmo05ORljhaMaugd3vTEQIFxcizT2xbb7iiqfHfsn0E812ihjHt6_LgratDnfpLm21w-xev97O4/s2048/20180808_115602.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXcRYzCZgXE6kgSoHnNYVjw-frhUMsosriPGSbZYZHcWLm0r60tJRWLfEsc7MHxdKzXxmo05ORljhaMaugd3vTEQIFxcizT2xbb7iiqfHfsn0E812ihjHt6_LgratDnfpLm21w-xev97O4/s320/20180808_115602.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>Pan the Greek God of Nature, Mountains, Shepherds and Nymphs. Pan was known to use his wild nature inspired music to induce humans to lose their inhibitions and enjoy all the aspects of natural urges.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy82wJH-cvPw27DDB5EulCecJp4S5aXHvyfIk4rUsPYQ6uEyqpxXqMY0eHgRAmYi4PKdJunR7no8iOqwYry7OUg7aYkqf2Dli75eaI0iep9mX-5EhMJbubtQ9N9uhLapqDIbz8fXZZxYmp/s2048/20180808_115617.jpg" style="color: #473624; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy82wJH-cvPw27DDB5EulCecJp4S5aXHvyfIk4rUsPYQ6uEyqpxXqMY0eHgRAmYi4PKdJunR7no8iOqwYry7OUg7aYkqf2Dli75eaI0iep9mX-5EhMJbubtQ9N9uhLapqDIbz8fXZZxYmp/s320/20180808_115617.jpg" style="border: 0px;" width="320" /></a></div>Pan and his fauns are plastic pieces from <span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif"> Monolith, Mystic Battles that I painted in 2019.</span></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-22008689487932391282022-05-06T09:29:00.010-07:002022-10-14T12:45:23.909-07:00Age of Victoria Part Four -Industrial Revolution/Inventions 1867-1901<div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsFgHr50nYRLOOSCdf2ie2o94dzw5q-1FJXfU-f-Czp98_eOD44Cgw3-BAkeCuuJMBhARMYIB1lhR734_FYiU4FhKNQu-D9gPWFAEfjBuQnEwA0Qe0gxP66rnpze4ZVxPhUlH4CTbtduUPDuiAlC8bYJuX6uCRAXtmneCqIBzyv--D48ULjaLRFDZ4Q/s3748/20220520_202745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3748" data-original-width="3058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsFgHr50nYRLOOSCdf2ie2o94dzw5q-1FJXfU-f-Czp98_eOD44Cgw3-BAkeCuuJMBhARMYIB1lhR734_FYiU4FhKNQu-D9gPWFAEfjBuQnEwA0Qe0gxP66rnpze4ZVxPhUlH4CTbtduUPDuiAlC8bYJuX6uCRAXtmneCqIBzyv--D48ULjaLRFDZ4Q/s320/20220520_202745.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A version of Mucha's Zodiac calendar that he did for <i>La Plume</i> in 1897.</span></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><a class="gmail-topic-detail-link" href="https://heschel.myschoolapp.com/app/faculty#topicdetail/1237111/24824315/24824319/2470499/0/0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007ca6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Victorian Age Inventions 1867-1901</a></h3></div><div class="gmail-topicBox-expanded" id="gmail-topicBox_1237111" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal;">1867- Karl </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #282b31; font-family: Blackbaud Sans, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Marx, Das<i> Kapital</i></span></span></span><span style="color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal;">. I/P Dynamite (TNT)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><i style="color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></i></span><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1868- I/P Traffic Light, Tungsten Steel, Typewriter</div><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">1869- Suez Canal completed. Transcontinental Railroad completed, 1st college football game-Rutgers 6 vs Princeton 4.</span></i></div><span style="color: #282b31; font-family: Blackbaud Sans, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">1870- Jules Verne, </span></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.</i><span style="color: #282b31; font-family: Blackbaud Sans, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> I/P Stock Ticker</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1871- Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles. Darwin, Descent of Man(Text). </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1873- Ashanti Revolt. I/P Barbed Wire</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1874- Benjamin Disraeli becomes the Conservative PM. Britain annexes Fiji Islands.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1875- Britain takes control of Suez Canal, creating a British protectorate over Egypt. Dakota gold find.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1876- Victoria proclaimed Empress of India. Belgium claims the African Congo, USA Centennial. I/P-Telephone, Carpet Sweeper, National League (Baseball) founded</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1877- Reconstruction ends. I/P Recorded Sound, Moving Pictures</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1878-79- 2nd British-Afghan War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1879- Zulu War. I/P Lightbulb </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1880- France claims Tunis. 1st Boer War. I/P Toilet Paper, Seismograph</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Art Nouveau style appears</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">188-2 France took control of Algeria & claimed French Somaliland. American Chinese Exclusion Act. I/P Metal Detector, Standard Time Zones </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1884- Sudan Mahdi War. Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn (Text). I/P Rayon, Steam Turbine, Cash Register, Fountain Pen, Maxim Machinegun </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1884-1885- Germany established a protectorate over Southwest Africa, Togoland, Cameroons and East Africa. Britain claimed British Somaliland.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1885- Berlin Conference-Bismarck established “ground rules” for dividing Africa. 3rd Burma War. I/P Automobile, Rabies Vaccine</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1886- Britain made Burma a province of India after winning the 3rd Anglo-Burma War. Haymarket Riot, American Federation of Labor formed. I/P Dishwasher, Coca-Cola</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1887- Britain claimed Nigeria. I/P Contact Lenses</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1888- Kaiser Wilhelm II ascended to the throne of the German Empire. I/P Drinking Straw</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1889- Italy claimed Italian Somaliland, Britain claimed Northern and Southern Rhodesia’s. I/P Cordite</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1890- Kaiser Wilhelm II “retires” Otto von Bismarck, Britain established the colony of Uganda, Sherman Anti-trust Act.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1891- I/P Naismith creates Basketball at Springfield College Mass.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1892- I/P Reliable Internal Combustion Engine, Escalator</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1893- France took Laos, with Cambodia & Vietnam the area is called French Indo-China. I/P Zipper</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1894- Britain claims Zimbabwe. Sino-Japanese War, Japan took Taiwan from China and became a European style colonial power.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1895- Britain established the colony of Kenya, 1st Italian-Abyssinian War. I/P X-Rays</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1896- Klondike Gold Rush</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1896-99- English Sudanese War, England claims the entire Sudan.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1898- Britain obtains a 99-year lease for Hong Kong from China. Spanish American War-US “liberates” Cuba, takes Puerto Rico, Guam & Philippines. US annexes Hawaii. Fashoda Incident-France and Britain divide all unclaimed North Africa. H.G. Wells, <i>War of the Worlds</i>. I/P Rollercoaster </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1899-1902- 2nd Boer War, Britain invents the concentration camp.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1899- 'Open Door Policy' in the Far East, 1st Hague Peace Conference. US annexes Wake Island. Freud, Interpretations of Dreams. I/P Vacuum Cleaner</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1900- Boxer Rebellion-united armies of Europe & Japan crush the Chinese, capturing & looting Peking. US annexes American Samoa. I/P Zeppelin, Tractor</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1901- Death of Victoria age 81. Aside from Ethiopia, Japan, Persia, Siam and parts of China the entire world is under European control. I/P Safety Razor, Radio Receiver</div><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">By 1910, Queen Victoria’s grandchildren were on the thrones of the following states:</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Wilhem II, Kaiser of the German Empire, George V King of Great Britain, Emperor of India, Nikolai II Aleksandrovich, Tsar of All the Russia's, Maud Queen Consort of King Haakon VII of Norway, Sophie, Queen Consort of King Konstantinos I of the Hellenes, Marie, Queen Consort of King Ferdinand I of Romania, Victoria Eugenie, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain </div><b style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">In addition, other grandchildren held the following major royal ranks:</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">11 were titled prince, 2 were titled princess royal, 8 were titled princess, 2 were titled Grand Duchess, 1 was titled Grand Duke, 2 were titled Duke, 1 was titled Countess and 2 were titled Marquess.</div></div><div> I/P- Inventions/Patents</div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-56050244464967122532022-05-06T09:24:00.005-07:002022-10-21T19:49:05.715-07:00Age of Victoria Part Three- Industrial Revolution/Inventions 1800-1865<p><br /></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BqGqPEYRJNe-bEwpqUStJQWeiChOAw98e0z4a2K6k-Y1OsN2M4wKePHJ-j69Ni1gqYXs6e4XSIF5AGHempEX-QbnByEgDdgIXDxdskmnhK9hVgVKal6gLCPDLfZLPlAoq7AkmSf8QiIAa4zIyl7SbK9JA9arSE5JISb07mU2-yMX6p3tcnkgqZlyfA/s4524/20220519_143525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4524" data-original-width="3289" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0BqGqPEYRJNe-bEwpqUStJQWeiChOAw98e0z4a2K6k-Y1OsN2M4wKePHJ-j69Ni1gqYXs6e4XSIF5AGHempEX-QbnByEgDdgIXDxdskmnhK9hVgVKal6gLCPDLfZLPlAoq7AkmSf8QiIAa4zIyl7SbK9JA9arSE5JISb07mU2-yMX6p3tcnkgqZlyfA/s320/20220519_143525.jpg" width="233" /></a></div>Colored pencil version of Much's 1898 Job cigarette paper ad.<br /><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><a class="gmail-topic-detail-link" href="https://heschel.myschoolapp.com/app/faculty#topicdetail/1223473/24824315/24824319/2443002/0/0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007ca6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">19th Century Inventions/Patents 1800-186</a>5</h3></div><div class="gmail-topicBox-expanded" id="gmail-topicBox_1223473" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1800 I/P Volta-Battery, Jacquard-Silk Loom<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1804 I/P Winzer-Gas Light (coal gas)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1806 I/P "French Press" Coffee Pot-inventor is disputed<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1807 I/P Forsyth Caplock System for Firearms<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1809 I/P Davy-Arc Lamp<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1810 I/P Durard-Tin Can<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1814 I/P Stephenson-Steam Locomotion, Fraunhofer-Spectroschope & Niepce-1st Photograph (camera obscura)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1815 Davy-Miners Lamp <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1817 Baron von Drais-Velocipede (pre--bicycle)</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1819 I/P Laennec-Stethoscope<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1824 I/P Faraday Toy Balloons & Aspdin Portland Cement</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1825 Erie Canal. I/P Sturgeon-Electromagnet<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1827 I/P Walker-Safety Matches & Wheatstone-Microphone</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1828 I/P 1st US Railroad-B & O. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1829 I/P Braille-Printing for the blind<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1831 I/P McCormick-Reaper & Sturgeon-Electric Dynamo<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1833 I/P Morse-Telegraph <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1835 I/P Merrick-Wrench & Babbage-Mechanical Calculator</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1836 I/P Colt-Revolver & Ericsson & F.P. Smith-Propeller <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1837- I/P Hill-Postage Stamp</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1839 Poe: "Fall of the House of Usher." I/P Goodyear-Vulcanized Rubber, Daguerreotype-Photography & Grove-Hydrogen Fuel Cell<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1840 I/P Herschel-Blueprint<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1841 I/P Slocum-Stapler</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1843 I/P Perkins-Ice Maker-Refrigeration</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1845 I/P Morton-Anesthesia, Howe-Sewing Machine & Thompson-Pneumatic Rubber Tire<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1947 Marx and Engels: "The Communist Manifesto(Text)" I/P Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis-Antiseptics & “germ” theory of infection</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1849 Henry David Thoreau: "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1850 I/P Hunt-Safety Pin </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1852 I/P Foucault-Gyroscope & Singer-Sewing Machine<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1853 I/P Cayley-Glider<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1854 I/P Tyndall-Principles of Fiber Optics</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1856 I/P Cayley-Glider Pasteur-Pasteurization & Bessemer-Steel Process</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1857 I/P Pullman Sleeping Car<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1858 I/P H.Smith-Washing Machine & Lenoir-Coal Gas Internal Combustion Engine</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1859 "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin is published and promotes the theory of "natural selection." I/P 1st Steam Powered Ironclad "Glori," Imperial French Navy</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1860 I/P Silliman, Jr. Cracking(distillation)</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1861 I/P Otis-Elevator & Yale-Cylinder Lock</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1862 I/P Gatling-Machine Gun, Parkes 1st Man Made Plastic & USS Monitor, 1st Turreted Ironclad Warship<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1863 I/P French "Boneshaker" Pedal Bicycle possibly by Lallement</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1865 Lewis Carroll: "Alice in Wonderland(Text)"</div></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-42724738528862328972022-05-06T09:07:00.004-07:002022-11-19T10:16:03.943-08:00Age of Victoria Part Two-Political 1868-1901<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitMgfrdjhZC88-nSEi3YcMfgI-5JC4mGbPKEku5dA7_e6T_8wa-sodic6UmRznaskECdCwY0JlhqsdOBOPks6oQVwlge6SLhuJ7sj_8OcLTtVgqkJAVBpFBoOTu-QnEXUoZGIGp5DxtKvf3xfBoOiM7EID_O0cfoOB9LaWFfXNh8JDu0zEi9aRGRNqVA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitMgfrdjhZC88-nSEi3YcMfgI-5JC4mGbPKEku5dA7_e6T_8wa-sodic6UmRznaskECdCwY0JlhqsdOBOPks6oQVwlge6SLhuJ7sj_8OcLTtVgqkJAVBpFBoOTu-QnEXUoZGIGp5DxtKvf3xfBoOiM7EID_O0cfoOB9LaWFfXNh8JDu0zEi9aRGRNqVA" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding: 10px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a class="gmail-topic-detail-link" href="https://heschel.myschoolapp.com/app/faculty#topicdetail/1240080/24824315/24824319/2477511/0/0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007ca6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px;">Victorian Era Events 1861-1901</h3></a></div><div class="gmail-topicBox-expanded" id="gmail-topicBox_1240080" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1861 Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed King of Italy. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1862 Otto von Bismarck becomes Prime Minister of Prussia. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1863-67 France occupies Mexico. Homestead Act.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1864 Danish-Prussian War results in quick Prussian victory. Prussia and Austria respectively rule Schleswig and Holstein. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1866 Austro-Prussian War breaks out over the Austrian administration of Holstein. Prussian victory in seven weeks. 3rd Māori War. 3rd Italian War for Independence.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1867 Dual Monarchy established in a compromise between Austria and Hungary. US purchases Alaska claims Aleutian Islands & annexes Midway Island. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1869 Japanese Boshin War, Suez Canal completed. Transcontinental Railroad completed.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1870 the Italian state annexed Rome. Italian unification completed. France declares war on Prussia over Ems dispatch. France was defeated at Sedan and Emperor Napoleon III captured. Third French Republic proclaimed. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1871 Proclamation of the German Empire at Versailles. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1873 3rd Anglo-Ashanti War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1874 Benjamin Disraeli becomes the Conservative PM. Britain annexed Fiji Islands.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1875 Britain took control of the Suez Canal, creating a British protectorate over Egypt. Dakota Gold Rush.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1876 Victoria proclaimed Empress of India. Belgium claimed the African Congo. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1877 Reconstruction ends. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1878-79 2nd British-Afghan War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1879 Zulu War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1880 France claims Tunis. 1st Boer War. Art Nouveau style appears</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1882 Anglo-Egyptian War, France controlled Algeria, claiming French Somaliland. Chinese Exclusion Act.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1884 Sudan Mahdi War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1884-1885 Germany established a protectorate over Southwest Africa, Togoland, Cameroons and East Africa. Britain claims British Somaliland, Sino-Franco War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1885 Berlin Conference-Bismarck establishes “ground rules” for dividing Africa. 3rd Burma War. Serbo-Bulgarian War</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1886 Britain made Burma a province of India after winning the 3rd Anglo-Burma War. Haymarket Riot, American Federation of Labor formed. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1887 Britain claims Nigeria. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1888 Kaiser Wilhelm II ascends to the throne of the German Empire. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1889 Italy claimed Italian Somaliland, Britain claimed Northern and Southern Rhodesia’s. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1890 Kaiser Wilhelm II “retires” Otto von Bismarck, 1st Fanco-Dahomean War, Britain established the colony of Uganda, Ghost Dance War, Sherman Anti-trust Act.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1892 2nd Franco-Dahomean War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1893 Franco-Siamese War, France takes Laos, with Cambodia & Vietnam the area is called French Indochina. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1893-94 1st Matabelle-Spanish War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1894 Britain claims Zimbabwe. 1st Sino-Japanese War, Japan takes Taiwan from China, becoming a European style colonial power.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1895 Britain established the colony of Kenya, 1st Italian-Abyssinian War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1895-96 4th Anglo-Ashanti War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1896-99 English Sudanese War, England claims the entire Sudan.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1897 Greco-Turkish War</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1898 Britain obtains a 99-year lease for Hong Kong from China. Spanish American War-US “liberates” Cuba, takes Puerto Rico, Guam & Philippines. US annexes Hawaii. Fashoda Incident-France and Britain divide all unclaimed North Africa. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1899-1902 2nd Boer War, Britain invents the concentration camp.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1899 'Open Door Policy' in the Far East, 1st Hague Peace Conference. US annexes Wake Island. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1899-1913 Philippine-American War</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1900 5th Anglo-Ashanti War (War of the Golden Stool), Boxer Rebellion-united armies of Europe & Japan crush the Chinese, capturing & looting Peking. US annexes American Samoa. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1901 Death of Victoria age 81. Aside from Ethiopia, Japan, Persia, Siam and parts of China the entire world is under European control. </div><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">By 1910 Queen Victoria’s grandchildren were on the thrones of the following states:</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wilhem II, Kaiser of the German Empire, George V King of Great Britain, Emperor of India, Nikolai II Aleksandrovich, Tsar of All the Russia's, Maud Queen Consort of King Haakon VII of Norway</div></div></div><p></p><div><br /></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426443500694003777.post-78484763378740641242022-05-06T08:54:00.004-07:002022-10-21T19:46:44.844-07:00Age of Victoria Part One- Political 1818-1867<p> </p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJSrMsbQvtclZJCSCy9m9skAa-iuahySZLJ2WuciqIH96FJjO3bn62PAN8ntFS3NmnMTgyVEMYJ1M-lf7zbZC7rkt6I7kvi-VtBv8qtnXgF1-AHJ45YCszlpacUYgiqTU6NVbmN8SVqJcBhgx02ridIcL0aYtpGEMJwFByb71VFlKZ7Ds12FyI8yVCsA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1513" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJSrMsbQvtclZJCSCy9m9skAa-iuahySZLJ2WuciqIH96FJjO3bn62PAN8ntFS3NmnMTgyVEMYJ1M-lf7zbZC7rkt6I7kvi-VtBv8qtnXgF1-AHJ45YCszlpacUYgiqTU6NVbmN8SVqJcBhgx02ridIcL0aYtpGEMJwFByb71VFlKZ7Ds12FyI8yVCsA" width="227" /></a></div><br /></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><a class="gmail-topic-detail-link" href="https://heschel.myschoolapp.com/app/faculty#topicdetail/1223477/24824315/24824319/2443011/0/0" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #007ca6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">19th Century World Events 1819-1867 Age of Victoria Begins</a></h3></div><div class="gmail-topicBox-expanded" id="gmail-topicBox_1223477" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282b31; font-family: "Blackbaud Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"></p><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1819 Birth of Victoria. US annexes Florida. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1820 "Missouri Compromise"<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1823 "Monroe Doctrine."</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1825 Erie Canal.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1828 Greece gains its independence (lost in 338 B.C.). <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1833 Great Britain Abolishes Slavery</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1836 Texas gains its independence from Mexico. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1837 William IV dies, accession of Queen Victoria. age 18; Britain refuses to grant more home rule in Canada, leading to the Rebellions of 1837.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1840 Britain claims New Zealand, 1st Opium War (Britain vs China).</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1841-42 1st British-Afghan War (total destruction of the invading English Army of 16,000).</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1843 Britain claims Natal, 1st Māori War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1845 US forces Japan to open to foreign trade, Japanese chose to copy European concepts, & technologies-especially military. US annexes Texas.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1845-1850 Potato Famine in Ireland 1/3 of the population dies 1/3 immigrates (largely to the USA).</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1846-48 Mexican American War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1848 Year of Revolutions, French 2nd Republic proclaimed, California Gold Rush.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1848-1864 Taiping Rebellion kills between 25 and 30 million Chinese.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1849 England annexes Punjab.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1850 "1850 Compromise."</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1852 2nd Burma War. Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1853-1856 Crimean War: Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire vs. Russia. Russia's expansion into the Balkans is blocked and the 'Concert of Europe' destroyed.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1856 The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War, 2nd Opium War (GB & Fr vs China), Britain vs Persia War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1857-59 Sepoy or Indian Mutiny. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1858 Victoria proclaims permanent British rule of India. Colorado gold & silver finds.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1859 War of Piedmont and France against Austria. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1860 Garibaldi lands his forces in Sicily invades southern Italy. These southern states join the northern union forged by Piedmont under the direction of Camillo Cavour. 2nd Maori War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1861-1865 American Civil War.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1861 Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed King of Italy. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1862 Otto von Bismarck becomes Prime Minister of Prussia. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1863-67 France occupies Mexico. Homestead Act.</div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1864 Danish-Prussian War results in quick Prussian victory. Prussia and Austria respectively rule Schleswig and Holstein. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1866 Austro-Prussian War breaks out over the Austrian administration of Holstein. Prussian victory in seven weeks. 3rd Māori War. </div><div dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box;">1867 Dual Monarchy established in a compromise solution between Austria and Hungary. US purchases Alaska claims Aleutian Islands & annexes Midway Island. </div></div><div><br /></div>Ushistoryprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962378693875988341noreply@blogger.com0