Recent content by Baphomet

Out of curiosity What region would Jack sparrow's accent fall under? Or is it a neutral English accent?

It seems to me that is already the case. When we hear the word pirate we usually think of English pirates: Black Beard Captain Kidd Calico Jack Anne Bonny Henry Morgan Hollywood movies rarely portray non English pirates 99% of the time its always English pirates. I mean how many...

At what point in history could all the French speaking people of Europe become part of a greater France. How could you encompass Belgium (atleast the Walonian part of it), the French speaking portion of Switzerland, Andorra, Luxembourg and Monaco into France?

Myth: Medieval Europeans didn't bathe and they stunk. Fact: Medieval people bathed more often than their 19th century descendants. Nobles quite naturally bathed more than poor people, but everyone did bathe more often than once thought. Many medieval cities had bath houses (which also...

I heard stories about Queen Vicky's legendary all girl orgies at Balmoral Castle. ;) Legend has it that her Scottish body gaurd John Brown would scour the Scottish countryside for the prettiest young lasses and bring them to her. The rest, well you'll have to use your imagination.

I didn't know that. Why is it that these high school textbook never mention that?

Early Russian Revolution that results in a regicidal regime similar to the French reign of terror sending shockwaves throughout all of Europe.

I heard once that in the 1600s Japan was the number 1 fire arms manufacturer in the world. Arquebuses played important roles in Japanese warfare. What if Japan hand't turned back the clock and decided to keep producing firearms and even continued adopting advances in European firearms technology...

Democracy at the end of a bayonet. How very George Bush-esque.

Wasn't there a Catholic branch of the Hohenzollerns?

How would you turn Prussia Catholic? Any feasible pods?

the question is, would he defer to them? How long until the Committe of Public Safety issues a warrant for his arrest for lack of sucess at the front? Maybe you could have Tallyrand and John Adams trade places. That way with Tallyrand as Nap's vice president, Napoleon's political short...

I dont know who Goodpartner and Lingeville were, but George Washington commanding the French Revolutionary armies? you just screwed them. George Washington is given way too much credit than he deserves. Overrated president, mediocre general at best. And he was not a very good battle tatician. To...

I agree. A sucessful French invasion in 1796 would have been more of a danger to the English aristocracy than an invasion in let's say 1805.

About the baloon invasion. I can see it happening on a limited scale in conjunction with an amphibious invasion. Maybe grenades being dropped from the air, or some scout troops being landed further inland to report on enemy troop movements. If this had occured, I'm sure historians today will be...