Recent content by SeleucusNicator

I'm fascinated by historical linguistics. The Elamo-Dravidian hypothesis is not something I know a lot about, but from what little I've read about it it seems entirely plausible. If you look at names of Elamite gods, for instance, many of them sound like Hindu god names.

I often wonder why Egyptian dynasties did not have this problem more frequently. Even the Ptolemeys married their sisters.

This, sir, is the video you want: JrYwuvmCyK0 My favorite part is the "conquerors of Berlin" caption... EDIT: if you watch all the way until the end, there is some very strange stuff that only makes sense if you are a 1960's communist bureaucrat

I am in Chicago, USA. I need this for the end of May 2010. Late 19th century/von Moltke era would be ideal, but I'll take anything vaguely Prussian at this point. Thanks.

The Banat of Temesvar (a part of Transylvania) was briefly independent after World War One. Transylvania itself was fascinating during the time in which it was an independent principality, but they lasted for far too long to qualify for this thread.

I can't find lyrics anywhere on the internet. If you enter "A párttal, a néppel, Communist song" into Google the first result is this thread.

I found the complete version on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IajYR4TgN5k

Thank you so much. I will try to find an MP3 now, or at least find the lyrics so I can know what they're singing. For the record, I don't think being a nationalist is bad. I consider myself an American nationalist, so I'd never use "nationalist" as an insult. I also like Hungary and Hungarian...

I like Selim, and voted for him, but I admit that Suleyman is probably the correct answer. Still, Selim conquered a lot of territory in a short period and defeated two neighboring empires.

Wladyslaw III of Poland. At age 19 he became both King of Poland and King of Hungary. He ruled a personal empire that stretched from the Baltic to the Adriatic. He had the best general of the era (Janos Hunyadi) in his service. At age 22, he decided that it would be a good idea to lead a...

Only on the internet is Anarcho-Capitalism considered relevant enough for people to write essays about.

Here is a picture of Avram: http://joaquinbarroso.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cluj-napoca-joaquin-barroso-3.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Place_Avram_Iancu_&_Theatre_National,_Cluj-Napoca.jpg Oh yes, I forgot to mention the absurd fountains, which you can see in the...

Winner have you ever been to Cluj-Napoca? It is one of the most absurd places on Earth, and the sole purpose of all of the absurdity is to show the finger to the Hungarian minority. Do you know who Avram Iancu is? No, of course you don't, unless you are deeply interested in Hungarian or...

I know there are a lot of Hungarian nationalists who post here on the CFC History forum, which is why, of all of the different forums I post on, I came here :)

It's a May 1 parade. The guy they interview at the end is Janos Kadar, ruler of Hungary from 1957-1988.