I write history books, make videos, & sometimes wear hats ~ KŪLIA I KA NU‘U ~ Hakuna matata ~ Mungu akipenda, tutafika ~ Aun Aprendo
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I’d like to offer everyone a peaceful and happy Christmas Eve. May you be blessed tomorrow and the days to come.
May peace & protection be over those enduring struggle at this time, especially in the land of Jesus’ birth.
(The Adoration of the Magi, 1619, Velásquz, Prado)
As it is #StPatricksDay and in support of this, here are some Iberian Wild Geese. Conde de O’Reilly, the guy who solidified control of Louisiana, alongside a depiction of the Regimiento de Hibernia, which fought at Pensacola in 1781 & Don Arturo O’Neill, Governor of West Florida
Two Americans and an Englishman talk about Irish history on St. Patrick's Day.
This isn't a bad joke, but instead is a podcast episode examining international Irish military service in the eighteenth-century.
If you want fighting Irish, they are here.
podcastaddict.com/prime-and-…
This Saturday learn about how the Napoleonic Wars brought the first British adventurers to the Kingdom of Abyssinia (Ethiopia & Eritrea) to meet the powerful Ras of Tigray.
Only on @ArmchairHist armchairhistory.tv
Addis - The Bold Art Scene of Ethiopia’s Capital |
I especially liked the paintings by Tadesse Mesfin and the photography from Maheder Haileselassie
youtu.be/KRwEsxgYies?si=6Rvq…
The Horn of Africa holds some of the oldest heartlands of Christianity in the world. They’ve been celebrating the life of Jesus in Tigray region alone longer than some European Christian nations have even existed.
No matter how cool you think you are …
Tiger Conservationist, Fateh Singh Rathor got there first.
Respect, Guruji!
