History Quiz

[archangel]

Empire collapsed in 1924...reborn 2001?

 

[USViking]

Empire collapsed in 1924...reborn 2001?

What do you mean by "empire"?

I take the word to mean sovereignty over foreign peoples.

The German, Ottoman and Russian empires collapsed
in the wake of WW1.

Although the USSR was able to reassert authority over all
of what had been Russian, and to expand even further,
it broke completely apart in 1991.

The Chinese Empire had collpsed earlier.

The British, French, and Japanese Empires were all
going strong in 1924, but also broke up completely
post-1945.

None of these show any sign of resurgence as an
empire in the 21st century.

I guess what I am saying is I need a hint.

 

[archangel]

What do you mean by "empire"?

I take the word to mean sovereignty over foreign peoples.

The German, Ottoman and Russian empires collapsed
in the wake of WW1.

Although the USSR was able to reassert authority over all
of what had been Russian, and to expand even further,
it broke completely apart in 1991.

The Chinese Empire had collpsed earlier.

The British, French, and Japanese Empires were all
going strong in 1924, but also broke up completely
post-1945.

None of these show any sign of resurgence as an
empire in the 21st century.

I guess what I am saying is I need a hint.

collapsed openly 1924...went underground..continued the assertion of power for Islam in Europe and expanding to the USA! 911 ring a bell? They may be covert but a enemy to recon with!

 

[USViking]

collapsed openly 1924...went underground..continued the assertion of power for Islam in Europe and expanding to the USA! 911 ring a bell? They may be covert but a enemy to recon with!

This would not be an "empire" except in a figurative sense.

There was essentially no Islamic presense in Western Europe
or the US until well after WW2.

 

[Annie]

This would not be an "empire" except in a figurative sense.

There was essentially no Islamic presense in Western Europe
or the US until well after WW2.

I'm guessing he means this:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache.../Andrew%20C.pdf+collapse+ottoman+empire&hl=en

Andrew C. Hess, The Collapse of the Ottoman Social Order in 1917:
A Means of Understanding the Ethnic History of the Middle East and Central Asia Current conflicts result from globalization, from the introduction of nation-building in areas previously dominated by pre-industrial empires. The structure and collapse of the Soviet Union in Central Asia and the Caucuses resemble the structure and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The globalization process driven by modern science and technology, causing new global interlinking and recasting relationships between peoples, caused both to collapse. This globalization process is not linear, but advances in a
cyclical and disorganized fashion that can produce anxiety, violence, and religious tumult. An example of this disorganized advance is the advent of the nation-state, which proceeded from 16”’ century Europe, to 1923 Turkey, to 1947 Pakistan and to 1991 Central Asia...

 

[USViking]

I asked a question which no one even bothered to google.

Here it is again, folks:

Question:

Name of the linguist who deciphered the
Minoan linear B script.

He correctly guessed it was related to Greek
at the start of the task.

How about answering correctly before you ask the next, OK?

 

[padisha emperor]

Michael Ventris, in 1952

(google)


Where and why did Patrice de Mac-Mahon, french general and future president of the Republic (IIIrd republic, 1873-79), say : "J'y suis, j'y reste !" (i'm here, i stay) ?

hint : during the Crimea War

 

[USViking]

Michael Ventris, in 1952

(google)


Where and why did Patrice de Mac-Mahon, french general and future president of the Republic (IIIrd republic, 1873-79), say : "J'y suis, j'y reste !" (i'm here, i stay) ?

hint : during the Crimea War

Guess:

Sevastopol, to complete its capture.

 

[padisha emperor]

If you can say why exactly he said that, it would be perfect. but if no, ask a question.

 

[USViking]

If you can say why exactly he said that, it would be perfect. but if no, ask a question.

I would have to guess again.

Didn't Napoleon III have to be talked out of going to the
Crimea to assume command in person?

Maybe McMahon was letting N3 know he, McMahon, would
be the commander no matter who else showed up.


Question:

US general who toured the Sevastopol defences after
the US Civil War.

He pronounced the Vicksburg defences a more challenging
military obstacle.

 

[padisha emperor]

In fact : Mac-Mahon said htis sentence at the tower of Malakoff, in Sebastopol's fortifications, juste after that the french soldiers took the place, and after a long siege. A soldier came to say to MM that he was sit on a powder reserve, and that could be dangerous. then, he said "J'y suis, j'y reste", to show that after such fight, now, he didn't want to move. This russian place was his.

general Pemberton ?

 

[USViking]

In fact : Mac-Mahon said htis sentence at the tower of Malakoff, in Sebastopol's fortifications, juste after that the french soldiers took the place, and after a long siege. A soldier came to say to MM that he was sit on a powder reserve, and that could be dangerous. then, he said "J'y suis, j'y reste", to show that after such fight, now, he didn't want to move. This russian place was his.

general Pemberton ?

Good guess with Pemberton, but the general
was USA, not CSA.

 

[Annie]

Good guess with Pemberton, but the general
was USA, not CSA.

Sherman?

 

[USViking]

Sherman?

None other than.

Your turn.

 

[USViking]

Sherman?

None other than.

Your turn.

Yo-o-o-u h-o-o-o-o- Kathia-a-a-ane!

 

[deaddude]

I give her one more day, then when no one is looking I steal her question buwahahahahahaha

 

[USViking]

I give her one more day, then when no one is looking I steal her question buwahahahahahaha

She's got some nerve stringing us out like this,
doesn't she?

 

[deaddude]

Quite the nerve indeed.

 

[Annie]

Gentlemen, while I'm thinking, one of you go ahead! :teeth:

 

[padisha emperor]

Maybe have I already ask that, i don't remember, but I don't think :

Q : where were the Kings of England of the XII-XIIIth c. buried ? (the firsts Plantagenêts) (city if possible)