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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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HisMajestyBOB

#1155
October 23, 2009, 08:18:07 AM
Quote from: miglia on October 23, 2009, 12:46:28 AM
There's also a nice statue of the Mongolian national hero Sükhbaatar, considered second only to Genghis Khan, in the central Sükhbaatar square in Ulan Bataar, celebrating Sükhbaatars victory over Ungern-Sternberg.



:yes:
It's a cool place.



On the question: another bird, like a hawk or falcon?
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Pat

#1156
October 24, 2009, 11:29:33 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 23, 2009, 08:18:07 AM
:yes:
It's a cool place.

Yeah, definitely :) I was in Mongolia a couple of years ago, but only for a litte less than a week, sadly. One the coolest places I've been to.

Alatriste

#1157
October 24, 2009, 02:52:29 PM
Quote from: miglia on October 23, 2009, 07:28:18 AM
He said they could have some other nice symbol instead?

Yes... a rampant horse. What else coul he have chosen, Murat being Murat? (I considered asking which emblem did he choose, but that was too easy)

Incidentally, Murat did indeed build a bigger and better disciplined army, but as its campaigns in 1814 and 1815 and the defeat of Tolentino proved, the quality of the Neapolitan army still left much to be desired at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

PDH

#1158
October 24, 2009, 02:57:20 PM
I bet they were well tailored at least.
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Pat

#1159
October 25, 2009, 02:57:50 AM
Filipino polymath José Rizal became a martyr of the Philippine revolution in 1896 when he was executed by the Spanish. At the site of his execution there is today a park bearing his name. In the park you can also find statues of other Filipino heroes. One of these is Lapu-Lapu. What did Lapu-Lapu do to earn this inclusion?

Eddie Teach

#1160
October 25, 2009, 03:04:42 AM
Got executed by the Japanese?
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Pat

#1161
October 25, 2009, 03:06:39 AM
Nope

The Brain

#1162
October 25, 2009, 03:15:27 AM
The first king to convert to Christianity with his entire people.
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Pat

#1163
October 25, 2009, 03:16:19 AM
Nope

The Brain

#1164
October 25, 2009, 03:19:10 AM
Kill the filthy Magellan.
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Pat

#1165
October 25, 2009, 03:22:21 AM
Correct. Lapu Lapu killed Magellan, and for this he is considered the first Filipino hero. The 40 ft statue of him in Rizal park was donated by South Korea, in gratitude of Filipino participation in the Korean war.

The Brain

#1166
October 25, 2009, 03:34:05 AM
Open floor.
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Lettow77

#1167
October 25, 2009, 05:38:16 AM Last Edit: October 25, 2009, 05:41:08 AM by Lettow77
 Who left her husband in the precise middle of the 19th century, unsatisfied with her destiny, before finally aligning with a head of state and urging him into a disasterous war?
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Viking

#1168
October 25, 2009, 06:31:43 AM
Quote from: Lettow77 on October 25, 2009, 05:38:16 AM
Who left her husband in the precise middle of the 19th century, unsatisfied with her destiny, before finally aligning with a head of state and urging him into a disasterous war?

Varina Davis?
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First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

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Razgovory

#1169
October 25, 2009, 07:01:05 AM
My guess was Lola Montez but she didn't divorce anyone June 15th 1849
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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