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Recently my bf told me that his mind doesn't exist pre 1970s the oldest. Like apparently I exist from now all the way back to like, 1700s or older. and So i regularly bring up stuff that happened back then that still effect the world today. & he can't imagine existing pre microwave. he could conceivably be born anywhere between 1970s to today but I could have been born at any time. that's so wild. what the fuck. what does this mean. there has to be a spiritual meaning to this but I haven't soulsearched enough to come up with one. I'm just baffled that bro doesn't regularly consider like 90% of humanity's time on earth. I'm just pondering this conversation that we had like 3 nights ago so i'm not expecting yall to engage but if yall are whats the oldest time period you guys can like, mentally live in? Like that your brain considers when thinking of your world's "big picture"
I need the lost ronoake colony rant so please indulge me
Ahhhhh thank you for indulging me, her comes a rant
Ok so the roanoak colony was started by sir walter raleigh in 1585. he got a charter from the king and sent a ship with 100 settlers.
it was the first permanent settlement in north america by england, but didn’t last long enough to be counted. in 1590 when a supply ship came back over, the settlement had been abandoned.
in a tree nearby was carved “cro” and the full carving of croatoan was in a post of the roanoke fort. Croatoan was the name of the nearest native group.
among the abandoned settlement we have found parts of swords, rings, algonquin pottery, arrowheads, and more.
there are a lot of ideas about why they disappeared . most think that they went to live with the natives but there are some who believe they were killed by spaniards or natives.
I just think about this colony all the time and how no one actually knowssssss
To feel like Hannibal Barca at the doors of the Roman empire during the Punic wars! 💪🏾
he needs his own film
yeah and I am one of those history nerds!! 😆😎🤓
(amrev) Book pile got a new addition today AYYY
(thx Hannah :33)
Chat here's some sketches I made in history class, do we fw them????
(we got out of character Robesmoulins yaoi (maybe I'll post the full pic tho idk), poorly drawn Von Steuben my beloved, and pretty boi Du Ponceau or something :3)
Here's a fantastic series of art featuring several Disney Princesses that have been redesigned with historically accurate outfits. The illustrations were done by Deviant Art user Claire Hummel a.k.a. * shoomlah , who says, I can't explain it, but reinterpreting Disney princess outfits through a more historically accurate lens really, really appeals to me. Check out her full set below and let us know if you like what she came up with.
This really appeals to me not just as an artist, but as a pedantic history nerd. Plus the designs are really, really lovely.