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[Chris]

Took me forever on Google just now to remember his name but Tostig Godwinson especially sounds like he'd be a hilarious character to see interpreted on screen. The sources we have that are on his side even talk about how much everyone just disliked him bc he was a socially awkward dude. Shit like that kills me

 

[Barry Poppins]

Took me forever on Google just now to remember his name but Tostig Godwinson especially sounds like he'd be a hilarious character to see interpreted on screen. The sources we have that are on his side even talk about how much everyone just disliked him bc he was a socially awkward dude. Shit like that kills me

He'd 100% be a character like Ralphie from Sopranos. A piece of shit who everyone tolerates till he goes too far

 

[Barry Poppins]

Also the sibling rivalry between Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut with Emma of Normandy being the biggest sociopath bitch in the background ignoring her kids Alfred and Edward (the Confessor) in favor of Hartha but then when he drops dead he acts like the best mom ever for Edward lmfao

 

[Barry Poppins]

I actually just recently listened to a road to 1066 series from the rest is history covering that and Dan Carlin has a great series about the fusion of Viking/Christian culture that also has a lot.

It's basically all I've wanted since I learned about it. I want Game of Thrones season 1-3 for like 10 different historical periods but that's a big one along with the succession crisis after Alexander dies

Lmfao I'm literally been listening to that all day

 

[Chris]

Lmfao I'm literally been listening to that all day

You gotta check out the Dan Carlin one, he def goes more into the sagas with their more fantastical elements but still keeps you grounded that they probably didn't happen.

There like 5 hours each, one is called Thor's Angels that tells the beginning of the christianization of the Franks and then two sequels called Twilight of the Aesir where he covers the last of the Scandinavian Vikings including most of the 1066 crew

 

[Barry Poppins]

If you need a laugh, you can listen to this and guffaw at the dumbest names within the Klan.

 

[Barry Poppins]

So hear me out, outside of maybe Robert E. Lee, I think Douglas MacArthur is the most overrated American general in history.

 

[Chris]

He was an influencer before the term existed essentially

 

[Chris]

I just learned rn from Assassin's Creed Origins which I only downloaded to do the guided tours of ancient Egypt that the Egyptians hunted lions to extinction in their land ffs

 

[Chris]

Maya collapse mystery deepens as scientists find no drought at key site

The mysterious collapse of the Maya civilization may not have been driven solely by drought after all. New evidence from lake sediments in Guatemala reveals that one key city, Itzan, enjoyed a stable climate even as its population abruptly vanished. Instead of environmental collapse, the...

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I think this will be very similar to the consensus eventually agreed to currently for the bronze age collapse really. It was a ton of underlying causes but if you need to pinpoint one, just simply a collapse of economic system due to them.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Especially since economics in the ancient world largely relied on Palace Economics, in which the economy was centralized around the capital and spread outward as long as the ruling class was able to spread trade. Once that collapses, be it via war, ecological disaster, or even civil strife, it all falls apart.

 

[Chris]

Something I've never really thought about but this recipe is basically early bouillon cubes, I thought it was more of a very modern thing for some reason

 

[Chris]

Can't be the only Ptolemaic dude buried with Homer out there

 

[Barry Poppins]

Can't be the only Ptolemaic dude buried with Homer out there

I think a more depressing reality is that a majority of the bodies that *had* some extant Homeric scripts were dug up by grave robbers and those scrolls used for various purposes like burning material.

 

[Chris]

I think a more depressing reality is that a majority of the bodies that *had* some extant Homeric scripts were dug up by grave robbers and those scrolls used for various purposes like burning material.

In a way that's just history to me at this point bc most of that grave robbing happened in the BCEs because the pyramids and Egyptian burial grounds are just that fucking old. Yeah it sucks but I mean what can we expect over thousands of years lol