@whatifalthist I mean yeah most our grandfathers are old enough to have known people from the Qing Empire, the Russian Empire or the Civil War, it's really not that far away. The Roman Empire is just 19 people's lifetimes away from us.
@NicolasPaipa2@whatifalthist Not exactly, parts of English really confuse ESL people, because English has so many different words for practically the same thing. Here's an example; rapid, fast, speedy, quick, swift, how would an ESL speaker know whether to say a "quick lunch" or a "rapid lunch"?
@titolavida@ErikSolheim they just got classified as a developed country by the WTO, only reason they didnt get classified earlier was because Chinese govt was fighting to not get classified as developed for investment and economic benefits by the WTO.
@emp_alexios_1 @LunaSchattenZ@CenturiiC many swords can cut through chainmail on a good hit (quite difficult though and requires high skill), a good blow could also break a collarbone or an elbow. anti armor weapons like battle axes also were pretty effective.
@Aayzzz1@whatifalthist they could retreat back to their island when they wanted to if they had internal strife, and being an island situated right on the atlantic also means they could project their power all over.
@Europadefender1@whatifalthist I can name some from hundreds of years ago, but not exactly the 1600s. Some names I can get off the top of my head are Olaudah Equiano (black abolitionist author), Martin Luther (the first one), Pope Paul III (prohibited the enslavement of indigenous americans)
@whatifalthist Well, Qin Shi Huang did create the basis for Chinese civilisation and society, he created the strong bureaucratic system and the efficient way of governing large kingdoms with primitive tech. High chance that China wouldn't have ever united without the Qin state.