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Left: Sword of Goujian, King of Yue of China’s Spring and Autumn period (771 to 403 BCE), unearthed in 1965 with untarnished condition. Experts believe that the chemical composition, along with the almost air-tight scabbard, explains the exceptional state of preservation. Right: Spear of Fuchai, King of Wu (archrival of Guojian), unearthed in 1983.

Left: Sword of Goujian, King of Yue of China’s Spring and Autumn period (771 to 403 BCE), unearthed in 1965 with untarnished condition. Experts believe that the chemical composition, along with the almost air-tight scabbard, explains the exceptional state of preservation.

Right: Spear of Fuchai, King of Wu (archrival of Guojian), unearthed in 1983.

damekatharsis: sunisup: This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day.  Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me.  The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University.  You can see the original map here. For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some: By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s. By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size. —In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk * The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act. There’s a lot I want to say but I don’t think I have the words today. I will, however, say this: US history is a history of genocide and it is criminal that we lack the societal courage to face, acknowledge, and accept the truth.

damekatharsis:

sunisup:

This is a series of maps charting the shrinkage of Native American lands over time, from 1784 to the present day.  Made because I was having trouble visualizing the sheer scale of the land loss, and reading numbers like “blah blah million acres” wasn’t really doing it for me.  The gif is based on a collection of maps by Sam B. Hilliard of Louisiana State University.  You can see the original map here.

For those who do prefer dealing in numbers, here are some:

By 1881, Indian landholdings in the United States had plummeted to 156 million acres. By 1934, only about 50 million acres remained (an area the size of Idaho and Washington) as a result of the General Allotment Act* of 1887. During World War II, the government took 500,000 more acres for military use. Over one hundred tribes, bands, and Rancherias relinquished their lands under various acts of Congress during the termination era of the 1950s.

By 1955, the indigenous land base had shrunk to just 2.3 percent of its original size.

—In the Courts of the Conqueror by Walter Echo-Hawk

* The General Allotment Act is also known as the Dawes Act.

There’s a lot I want to say but I don’t think I have the words today. I will, however, say this: US history is a history of genocide and it is criminal that we lack the societal courage to face, acknowledge, and accept the truth.

(via espritfollet)

Guess who painted these works of art? Any ideas? The person who painted these pictures wanted to attend the Viennese academy of Fine Arts and become famous as an artist. If he had been accepted by the academy, world history would have been much different.

His name was Adolf Hitler.

If you didn’t know this already then get off tumblr and learn more history. Duh.

Though my opinion on Mein Kampf stands still: Hitler couldn’t write shit. *grammar nazism*

(Source: coolpicturegallery.us, via thesimplylife)

❝

I awake full of you. Your image and the memory of last night’s intoxicating pleasures has left no rest to my senses.

…

You leave at midday; in three hours I shall see you.

Meanwhile, my sweet love, a thousand kisses; but do not give me any, for they set my blood on fire.

❞ -

Napoleon Bonaparte.

Mmm…Napoleon was so fine. I like how he was head over heels on Josephine but got enraged instead of falling into despair when he found out she was cheating on him. That bitch. Napoleon later had an affair himself with a much better-looking woman than Josephine. Good for him! After all the love letters he then said “Power is my mistress.” My kind of guy. Totelleh.