Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to Mahora Academy. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
History; A few interesting facts
Topic Started: May 8 2007, 06:27 AM (201 Views)
frodowise
Uber Soldant
[ *  * ]
When I saw the origins post over in member communications, I thought that people might find it interesting to learn about their native countries accomplishments during the Middle Ages (years 500-1500 AD). I know a LOT more about Europe's accomplishments as I'm a big knights in armor game kinda thing, but I've got the odd tidbit and some general history for Asia and stuff. Unfortunatly I have nothing on Australia (sp?) so please feel free to add some information to the stuff I'm going to put in.

Japan: Sadly, I have little information for this country, please feel free to add more.
Main accomplishments during Middle Ages: Dissolved the old nobillity system and moved towards a system similar to European knights, resulting in the creation of the samurai (we who serve). Samurai went into combat expecting to die, as it was felt that a warrior wanting to live would fight poorly.
Repelled a two invasions from the mighty Mongol tribesman. The second invasion fleet to attack Japan was nearly destroyed by a storm.
China: Main accomplishments during the Middle Ages:
Well, where do I start, they invented gunpowder weaponry (and the inproved crossbow, the Cho-Ko-Nu, before that). Oddly enough, the Chinese are indirectly responsible for the fall of the last mighty Roman stronghold left in the world. It was by using Chinese gunpowder cannons and suchlike that the Muslim Turks could attack the formerly impregnable Constantinople (now Istanbul).
Fought valiently against the great hordes of Ghengis Khan, but where defeated. The emporer, Kublai Khan, that Marco Polo met was actually Ghengis Khan's descendent.
The Chinese also made fireworks, though this discovery predates the middle ages by quite a bit, the use of fireworks likely aided in the invention of cannons. Along with weapons of war, the Chinese invented moveable type printing and paper, which would eventually allow for the Guntenburg Press. They also developed iron-casting and clocks many centuries before the Europeans.
Middle Eastern Countries: mainly fighting over things, as per usual :fist: . However, they did make wonderful religious art. The Crusades there also brought about a revived sense of adventure in a formerly tacturn(sp?) Europe. This resulted in the colonizing of America, and began the colonial age (Possibly known as the "How long does it take for Europe to find Asia" age to the Asian folks :).
France: The Normans who invaded England shortly before the Middle Ages knew French,and changed the English language forever.They also fought England (once they had chain-mail and legions of longbowmen) in the One-Hundred Years War. Possessed the most famous woman general, Joan of Arc, who was burnt at the stake as a heretic. At the Battle of Tours, the French held off an army of Muslims, halting their advance into Christian (more like Catholic) Europe. Fought in the Crusades
England: Perfected long-range combat with longbows, to give the description that the French knights used " You could not see the sun for the rain of arrows". Explored and colonized America. Fought in the Crusades
Spain:Also fought against the Muslims who came over the Strait of Gibralter.
Germany: The Teutons fought in the Crusades with their mighty King, Fredrick Barbarossa. He claimed the title of Holy Roman Emporer, and led his massive army into the Holy Land. Sadly, he drowned in a river before the rest of the European armies could arrive, and his men disbanded.

Please feel free to add more!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Evenkurugan
Member Avatar
Eventeed Procrastination.
[ *  * ]
For Japan, look up the Tokugawa Shogunate. I beleive that is an important part of their history. I was a bit interested in that period of time right there. There is a LOT of information about that.

Evenkurugan
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Gafgar Adolis
Member Avatar
Chaos God of Moderation (and No Pants)
Teachers
The Tokugawa didn't come to power until about 1600, Even.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Zaroff
Member Avatar
┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘
School Board Members
You forgot the part when the Emperor of Mankind was born in Anatolia during the 8th millennium B.C.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Gafgar Adolis
Member Avatar
Chaos God of Moderation (and No Pants)
Teachers
YES.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Evenkurugan
Member Avatar
Eventeed Procrastination.
[ *  * ]
Oops. :o

I didn't read that there was a specific time period on that thing. Sorry for my incompetance. :(

Evenkurugan
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
frodowise
Uber Soldant
[ *  * ]
Its no problem, but I had to set a limit somewhere or my post would've been really,really long ><.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
aigu92
Member Avatar
I know how to do this! Yay!
[ *  *  * ]
Oy! The German category wasn't a very great "accomplishment!" Us part-Germans here want something more fulfilling! Right, fellow Germans? Right? R-r-right?

*dust ball rolls by*

Ah, well. :sweat:
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
frodowise
Uber Soldant
[ *  * ]
Well...if I went into more detail you guys had the FRACKING BIGGEST ARMY in all of Europe, so large in fact that Barbarossa was forced to march around to the Middle East because no navy was large enough to carry them all. There an accomplishment. It's too bad you guys never made it but I guess that's life.


Better?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
aigu92
Member Avatar
I know how to do this! Yay!
[ *  *  * ]
frodowise,May 9 2007
08:03 PM
Well...if I went into more detail you guys had the FRACKING BIGGEST ARMY in all of Europe, so large in fact that Barbarossa was forced to march around to the Middle East because no navy was large enough to carry them all. There an accomplishment. It's too bad you guys never made it but I guess that's life.


Better?

Yeah for Deutschland! Alaaf!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Gafgar Adolis
Member Avatar
Chaos God of Moderation (and No Pants)
Teachers
Barbarossa and his knights DID make it to Jerusalem. After Barbarossa drowned (he'd become so thirsty after marching through the desert that he decided to go swimming in the first river he saw - in full platemail), his body was preserved in vinegar and carried to the Holy Land by his son and five thousand soldiers of his original army.

He said he'd get there. He never said he'd be breathing.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
aigu92
Member Avatar
I know how to do this! Yay!
[ *  *  * ]
Gafgar Adolis,May 10 2007
06:42 PM
Barbarossa and his knights DID make it to Jerusalem. After Barbarossa drowned (he'd become so thirsty after marching through the desert that he decided to go swimming in the first river he saw - in full platemail), his body was preserved in vinegar and carried to the Holy Land by his son and five thousand soldiers of his original army.

He said he'd get there. He never said he'd be breathing.

I think that's cheating.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
frodowise
Uber Soldant
[ *  * ]
That really happened then? I get most of my info from Age of Empires 2 (they actually have a history for all of their civs during the Middle Ages, including Barbarossa) but I thought that the whole "Emporer in a barrel" thing seemed a little unbelievable....
Didn't he have to get to the Dome of the Rock to finish his promise, or only enter the gates of Jerusalem?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Gafgar Adolis
Member Avatar
Chaos God of Moderation (and No Pants)
Teachers
Actually I'm bullshitting you with that little AoEII thing. They TRIED to preserve him in a barrel of vinegar and carry him to Jerusalem, but it didn't work. In the end his skin and flesh was buried in Antiochia, his bones were interred at Tyre, and his heart and inner organs made it as far as Tarsus.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Alucard
Member Avatar
Konoka-ness Master (army of one XD)
[ *  *  *  * ]
aigu92,May 9 2007
05:30 PM
*dust ball rolls by*

'tumbleweed'

anyway, 15th century Canada was about the estimated time when the basque people(indigenous french and spanish) were said to have made near-first contact(albiet, not as soon is the Vikings or Columbus, but still near-soon). They were mostly made up of Fishers and whalers, and at least nine fishing posts have been found throughout Canada

not sure where they are now...
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Anything Else · Next Topic »
Add Reply