>Beijing was the capital for conquest dynasties of nomads and semi-nomadic peoples ruling China
>Moscow rose to prominence because its leader was given the power to collect taxes for the Golden Horde
> New Delhi was the headquarters for the Mamluks and the Delhi Sultanate
The three most important capitals in Eurasia all rose to prominence due to steppe nomads conquering everyone. The more you think about how important steppe nomads were in history the funnier it is they lost all relevance forever not that long ago
Ethiopia was never colonized.
For much of its history, it was one of the poorest countries on the continent.
Meanwhile, Vietnam was colonized by the French, devastated by decades of war, and is now on its way to serious economic prosperity.
If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor, Ethiopia should be rich and Vietnam should be broke. Neither is true.
Can we please retire this excuse?
📍#Mali | Deux personnalités recherchées par Bamako sont en Mauritanie ⏳
Parmi les personnes visées par les avis de recherche et les récompenses annoncées par le gouvernement malien figurent Alghabass Ag Intalla et Bilal Ag Acherif, dont les têtes sont mises à prix à hauteur de 1 milliard de FCFA et 500 millions de FCFA, soit un total de 1,5 milliard de FCFA.
Selon plusieurs sources, les deux hommes se trouveraient actuellement en Mauritanie.
@wylfcen I'm talking in general.
Only from your OP at least 3 words are from french/latin, without them your OP is meaningless as is english in general
Furthermore, Jouleybib was released by the junta during a prisoner exchange involving Soumaïla Cissé, and he is currently an active high commander in the border zone near Mauritania
These measures are for propaganda and populist use only, they are not for anything else
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Following the malian junta's failure on the ground, particularly in the Kidal region & their 'operational reorganization,' a series of measures—as desperate as they are ridiculous—has ensued.
These include bans on motorcycles & certain parts of the territory
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and the placing of bounties on the heads of the JNIM/FLA leadership.
I find it curious that there is no way to contact the authorities, so it's just a joke
And even more the junta doesn't know the name of Amadou Koufa (they defaulted to 'Barry/Sangaré,' two Peul names)
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(ammunition, machinery, mechanical parts, and artillery).
5/ JNIM employed new tactics.
Even though the militants did not reach the airbase tarmac, the next assault will be devastating for the junta.
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🧶 Analyzing images released by #JNIM abt 25/04 attack on the Sevaré airbase and the Balobo military camp:
1/ A significant number of militants participated in the assault, exhibiting freedom of movement with technical pickup trucks.
2/ Targeting of high-value assets .....
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(groups of Russian mercenaries, helos, aircraft). No MALE drones ?
3/ Coordinated use of FPV drones and mortar fire support. Although the aircraft were not destroyed, many Russ and Malian soldiers were mortally wounded
4/ The seizure of logistics hangars at the Balobo camp.
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The level of anti-China hatred in Japan has reached new heights.
This post in Japanese reports of a Chinese tourist saving the life of a female Japanese after she fell into the sea.
The replies, however, are filled with claims of it being fake and anti-China remarks.
To the normal people, who does not have an irrational fear or hatred of China, may wonder why that is?
Did China bomb Japan to oblivion?
Did China invade Japan and murdered their citizens?
No, China did none of that in our 5000 years of civilization. Instead, we gave Japan our writing, our culture and our values. Pity, many of them didn't learn the altruistic part of our culture, only blind loyalty to their xenophobic isolationist mindsets.
This is why, we Chinese find it hard to reconcile with Japan for what they did to us from 1894 to 1945. It's not about unable to let go of the past, it's about a criminal living next to us going unpunished or lightly punished, and for some reason hates us. Despite the fact that it was them who committed the crimes.
I used to think this hatred for us Chinese is a form of defense mechanism.
The idea that if you hate your victims, then there is no way you are at fault.
But the more I get to know the Japanese, I've come to the conclusion that many of them are just shitty people.
This meme becmes incredibly stupid when you think about the Arabic names for Greek philosophers.
Might as well say:
He's Plato, not Aflaṭūn
He's Aristotle, not Aristū
He's Philonides of Laodicea, not Fīlūn al-Lāðiqī
And while you're at it, you might as well tell the Chinese that he's Buddhaghosa and not 覺音
@ait_kisou@avzaagzonunaada I was extremely surprised the first time I learned that it is still commonly used in English. This word has a very dark history and should no longer be used in English.
@avzaagzonunaada "
Eng. "Indigenous" from Fr. "indigène" which was used to designate populations settled in a territory before the arrival of colonial powers. @ the time, it b/c official legal and admin. category (the "Code de l'indigénat" in Algeria), often associated with inferior legal status
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