The Bohemian Nomad

A blog about the world and everything in it - Focused around History, Geography, and Politics

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Super Mario Switzerland

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Phoenicia encompassed most of modern-day Lebanon, as well as western Syria and northern Israel. The cities of Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad were the most influential and powerful. “Lebanon” comes from Phoenician root LBN (𐤋𐤁𐤍) meaning “white,” referencing its year-round snow-capped mountains!

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Yo but I never realized I needed a Hieronymus Bosch painting tattood on my back until right now

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if you needed proof that i’m really not cut out for the casual environment of teaching from my living room, just know that today i almost ruined a 20 minute long video i was recording about romano-british culture because i almost said “this dude fucks” while talking about the bitchin outfits worn by british chieftains

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in my defense look at this dude! the level of ‘this dude fucks’ here is off the charts

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my students react to greek mythology

“no offense but why would you follow dionysus if that means you have to party in the woods” “why wouldn’t you?”

*after learning about the chimera*“dude what you can’t be a lion AND a goat AND a dragon that’s too many”

“in fairness, if apollo wanted to date me, i’d turn into a tree too”

“she can’t be his wife, she’s his sister” “that didn’t stop zeus”

*after learning medusa gave birth to pegasus” “OUCH????”

“is there anybody zeus didn’t get pregnant”

“like seriously i had to make a mythology family tree for english class and it’s literally all zeus”

“hera’s kind of a jerk” “dude she literally threw her kid off a mountain because he was too ugly what did you expect

“why is everything about horses”

“oh, he starts eating people! typical”

“so basically you shouldn’t ever interact with a bull in ancient greece ever”

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The Bruce campaigns, a failed attempt by Scotland to end English rule in Ireland and install Edward Bruce as High King of the island.

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julius caesar as just Some Dude is tripping me out

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Cleopatra:

Louis XV:

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julius caesar yells at the einstein bros. manager daily

cleopatra is writing her PhD thesis and is sick of people undermining her intelligence

louis XV is a business professional currently being investigated by HR

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more takes from yours truly

nefertiti is a child star who fell from grace but rose again like a pheonix

alexander the great is ***NOT GAY*** and on academic probation

caligula is under investigation by the FBI

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in the late 1790s it was in style to wear earrings depicting the execution of louis xvi.

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This symbolizes one of the worst tragedies to afflict the west. An absolute affront to God

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The image of this historical moment is haunting me

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here’s how bernie can still win

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Uraeus of Senusret II

This uraeus was discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1920 during his excavations around the Pyramid of Senusret II at Lahun. The rearing cobra, known as a uraeus, was a symbol of royalty, worn at the forehead. 

The golden uraeus is of solid gold, 6.7 cm (2.6 in), black eyes of granite, a snake head of deep ultramarine lapis lazuli, the flared cobra hood of dark carnelian inlays, and inlays of amazonite. For mounting on the king’s crown, two loops in the rear-supporting tail of the cobra provide the attachment points.

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Senusret II, ca. 1897-1878. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 46694

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YALL HES SO CUTE

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A phenomenally enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606, housed at the Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden [960 x 860]

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See that picture above? That’s a close up of my great grandmother’s immigration papers when she first came to the US back in the early 20th century. But my great grandma’s information isn’t the important part here. The important part is that line in the middle there about how they arrived in the country.

And how ‘stowaway’ is a legitimate, valid option to select.

So yeah. They absolutely just showed up, and that part of immigration history needs to be talked about a lot more.

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REMINDER THAT TRAVEL VISAS AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY WERE INVENTED IN THE 1930S TO KEEP JEWISH REFUGEES OUT OF COUNTRIES THAT DID NOT WANT AN ‘INFLUX’ OF THEM, THEREBY FACILITATING THEIR GENOCIDE :)))))

read What is A Refugee for more history. Educate yourselves.