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Historical Inaccuracy

Dual

Dual

RIP Karl 1991-2014
Today in my Latin American history class, my professor decided to lecture on Islam, the medieval era, and the crusades. This wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't been wrong about almost everything. I had to keep biting my tongue.

Apparently:
Timbuktu is in Somalia (no, Mali).
The Seljuks took Jerusalem in 1071 (argh no, Manzikert).
The first crusade traveled to the Levant by sea (no).
The renaissance was triggered by crusaders returning from the orient (no, Greeks fleeing the encroaching Ottomans).
The age of exploration was triggered by the fall of the crusader states (no, it was triggered by the fucking Ottoman Empire blocking off the silk road).
Petty Arab leaders were styled 'Kaliph' (no, sheikh).
Enrico Dandolo is buried in Agia Sophia (ok, there is a tomb inscribed "HENRICUS DANDOLO" on the second floor, I took a picture and will post it below. Rep for whomever sees the most obvious evidence that it's a blatant forgery).

Fuck I'm a pedantic little nerd, lol.

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By forgery, do you mean that the tomb itself is not real or that the inscription was added onto a real tomb later?
 
The tomb itself is probably a fake. If for no other reason, the Turks would've removed the body, as Islam prohibits tombs within mosques.

The strongest visible evidence here directly concerns the inscription, however.
 
I have no idea, but I'm going to make some guesses:

1) The border
2) The lettering is not indicative of the appropriate time or culture.
3) What is that design in the middle?
 
2. If they were going to bother to transcribe Enrico Dandolo's name to Latin, it would be read as 'HENRICVS DANDVLVS,' not 'HENRICUS DANDOLO.' The un-Latinised surname and modern U are dead giveaways that it's a somewhat modern forgery.
 
Uncle Tom said:
Today in my Latin American history class, one of my students gave a presentation on Islam, the medieval era, and the crusades. This wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't been wrong about almost everything. I had to keep biting my tongue.

Apparently:
Timbuktu is in Somalia (no, Mali).
The Seljuks took Jerusalem in 1071 (argh no, Manzikert).
The first crusade traveled to the Levant by sea (no).
The renaissance was triggered by crusaders returning from the orient (no, Greeks fleeing the encroaching Ottomans).
The age of exploration was triggered by the fall of the crusader states (no, it was triggered by the fucking Ottoman Empire blocking off the silk road).
Petty Arab leaders were styled 'Kaliph' (no, sheikh).
Enrico Dandolo is buried in Agia Sophia (ok, there is a tomb inscribed "HENRICUS DANDOLO" on the second floor, I took a picture and will post it below. Rep for whomever sees the most obvious evidence that it's a blatant forgery).

Fuck I'm a pedantic little nerd, lol.

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Fixed it for you.

Made the proper corrections.

Give the white fratboy thing a rest.
 
It's a 19th Century cenotaph placed by an Italian restoration team, as the original had been destroyed by the Turks when they converted the cathedral into a mosque.

Gonad 'beat' me, heh.
 
Bickendan said:
It's a 19th Century cenotaph placed by an Italian restoration team, as the original had been destroyed by the Turks when they converted the cathedral into a mosque.

Gonad 'beat' me, heh.
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HYPOCRITE.

Its OK for you to neg me though?

Typical TK hypocrisy at play:phprolleyes:
 
You're the only one these days that uses them in karma. By that standard, that makes everyone else 'normal' and images in karma your malfunction, not his.
 
The entire planet is run by liberals, whose favourite hobby is the rewriting of history. Remember, it is these fucking liberals who work hard to push forth the greatest swindle in world history, the 'Holocaust', something that NEVER happened. They also seek to ensure that no one pays attention to the fact that the Jews killed entire populations during their invasion of Palestine. Why is this kept quiet? Fuck, they do allow people, especially the fucking Jews, to sing about Joshua's genocide of Jericho. Joshua killed every man, woman and child in that city, and many others to ensure they would never be able to take back their land. Nothing is said about this, yet we must always hear about the fake stories of a supposed 'Holocaust'.
 
SaintLucifer said:
The entire planet is run by liberals, whose favourite hobby is the rewriting of history. Remember, it is these fucking liberals who work hard to push forth the greatest swindle in world history, the 'Holocaust', something that NEVER happened. They also seek to ensure that no one pays attention to the fact that the Jews killed entire populations during their invasion of Palestine. Why is this kept quiet? Fuck, they do allow people, especially the fucking Jews, to sing about Joshua's genocide of Jericho. Joshua killed every man, woman and child in that city, and many others to ensure they would never be able to take back their land. Nothing is said about this, yet we must always hear about the fake stories of a supposed 'Holocaust'.
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Been hitting the happy sauce again Lucy? :)
 
Dual said:
The renaissance was triggered by crusaders returning from the orient (no, Greeks fleeing the encroaching Ottomans).
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There is a whole can of worms theory of the displacement of peoples by the regional khans of mongolia, especially northern india and modern day arabian states, makes good reading.....
 
I'm not sure about the U/V distinction. I'm pretty sure they started rounding Vs pretty early on, and there aren't any other U/Vs in the inscription to compare it with.

The -o ending and the way the U is written (uncial-style, basically) are dead give-aways, though.
 
Wow. You guys are all really smart. What was I thinking trying to shake out one or two.

Alright, who want another pat on the back?
 
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