TheBannedShadow 3,424 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 11:50 AM, FfFfFfFF said: Colonialism that happened in the Bronze Age =/= colonialism that happened in the 18th century. Nice try though. Likewise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,004 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 The toktok part is concerning Inb4 overcrowding because clout chasers want a quick cute selfies or video in there now (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,068 Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, TMM90 said: Likewise Explain how then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 46,738 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 This is the stuff we lack over here in North America. We have so few beautiful architectural wonders and our cities are built rather unattractively with no care for beauty and only focusing on practicality of the buildings...in Europe and many other ancient parts of the world things are built tastefully. When you visit Spain, Turkey, Czechia etc...these nations care for their architecture and preserve gorgeous buildings and / or embellish them instead of destroying them and building only modern stuff. It really gives you la joi de vivre...even a simple walk outside can turn into something absolutely wonderful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dit 46,738 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 1:04 PM, FfFfFfFF said: Obligatory mention that Austria got rich exploiting Eastern European nations (!!), but baroque art is still breathtaking so.. poor Balkans lol. They were sandwiched between Austro-Hungary in the West, Ottoman Empire in the East and Russian Empire in the north Truly a cursed geography (though stunning land of course) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FfFfFfFF 58,068 Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, dit said: poor Balkans lol. They were sandwiched between Austro-Hungary in the West, Ottoman Empire in the East and Russian Empire in the north Truly a cursed geography (though stunning land of course) And before that the Danube Valley was a highway for other migratory people coming from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe like the Avars, Cumans, Tatars, Mongols etc (partly the reason why Eastern Europe is so messed up to this day ). Not to mention the Slav migrations to the Latin and Greek-dominated Byzantine empire which eventually led to the birth of different groupins South Slavs that once the era of nation states came they ceased to co-exist. When Russia was rising up and starting to expand its influence in the Balkans it seemed like the Balkan nations of the Ottoman Empire would finally have a reliable ally, but turned out this was an illusion too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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