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Sorry. The Germans. Well, one presumes that was why they studied the languages in question, in particular as they were replaced in popularity by Russian, Ukrainian and Polish post-Battle of Britain.

If memory serves he sort of went after the Hero/Sidekicks before the Horrors, as what he was meant to study was Crime comics, which he defined as "any comic where crime and criminals appear". Which they do quite a lot in superhero comics.

Why? I recall reading that during the early years of the war (the "England will soon surrender" phase) evening courses in Swahili and other African languages were not unpopular, with the obvious assumption of Africa going to need German settlers and administrators once the war was over.

The Goths or the Polynesians?

I know this is a tangent and the discussion has moved on, but... *looks out through window at what is either plains or rolling hills* does not actually describe Scandinavia,the Nordic countries or, especially, Normandy, which is where the Norse-descendants who ended up in Sicily and Jerusalem...

I think it has been mentioned before, but there is the attitude towards war and being an officer. Consider the Major-General. There is the perception - not exactly disencouraged by the British - that the British felt that being a gentleman and sportsman ought to be enough*, while the Prussians...

Turks to the south?

How do you define the Swedish Empire in this case? Up to the Napoleonic wars we still had, officially, Finland and and a decent-ish bit of Pomerania. And Saint Barthelemy.

The Chinese Empire falls, gets up and goes "I totally meant to do that."

Nitpick! If Zanzibar is separate, the neighbouring state is Tanganyika.

Would it be too nitpicky to point out that the primary weapon of Sengoku period samurai wasn't the katana?

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That was roughly the point, yes.

That is undeniably true - Ra II went from Morocco to Barbados, and did not take the long route. I was thinking more about how the Polynesians were hit pretty badly by the same diseases when they encountered them. Fiji lost a third of its population to measles in 1875.

He was not using modern boats or gps, or even boats as advanced as those of 12th-16th century Europe or Asia, and as noted the Polynesians, with their superstitions and limited knowledge, did more impressive/lucky discovering than "go east/west until America is discovered". Although getting...

I believe the whole point of Thor Heyerdahl's journeys with Kon-Tiki and Ra II was to demonstrate that the respective types of boats could make those journeys, and that was decades before gps. (Although I'm not sure exactly how modern navigational instruments were used, considering that it was...

Hmm... Maybe this would get more of a discussion if it was moved into After 1900...

Ruraltania?