Riddle of Ages: Travelling Through History

[hoplitejoe]

Nordic discovery of Ice/Greenland?

 

[Gem Hound]

The joke was on the man of metal
When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home
The Norse would fit but, what about the first verse... I don't know. I'll be back later.

 

[KaiserElectric]

That's it!

The Japanese Emperor was believed to be a descendent of the Sun goddess, hence "her warriors".

China was ruled by the Ming Dynasty, Ming being the Chinese word for "Brightness".

Korean turtle ships were protected by iron spikes (iron-plated according to some) and heavily-armed with cannons.

I should have known that.

Anyway, could it be the Puritans finding Plymouth to settle? Driven by the wind meant they sailed west to the Americas, and they were religious exiles, so they were without a home. The man of metal COULD be synonymous with religious prosecution (Iron Maiden, ie), but that could be a bit of a stretch.

 

[mayor]

Nordic discovery of Ice/Greenland?

nope

The joke was on the man of metal
When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home
The Norse would fit but, what about the first verse... I don't know. I'll be back later.

but I see how the last three verses fit

Anyway, could it be the Puritans finding Plymouth to settle? Driven by the wind meant they sailed west to the Americas, and they were religious exiles, so they were without a home. The man of metal COULD be synonymous with religious prosecution (Iron Maiden, ie), but that could be a bit of a stretch.

it's indeed a bit of a stretch

 

[DarthNader]

Maybe its one of the conquests of Rhodes by the Muslims...or perhaps the Knights Hospitaller?

 

[Tee Kay]

Man of metal - could refer to Tamerlane (Timur = iron) or perhaps Stalin, but it doesn't seem to fit with the other three lines.

The homeless - probably referring to refugees or exiles, rather than colonial expeditions.

I'm thinking of the expulsion of Jews from Spain and subsequent settlement in the Ottoman Empire.

 

[Milarqui]

The joke was on the man of metal
When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home

Hmmm... Good one.

The man of metal could be many people, like Stalin (stal = steel) or Tamerlane, as taillesskangaru says, but it could also be a knight, wearing a full armour.
The part about the homeless is a bit harder. Maybe the "driven by wind" does not refer to actual wind, but by someone whose name means wind or something similar.
A group of people losing their homeland to a "man of metal" and then travelling somewhere else to find a home...

 

[Lighthearter]

SUPERMAN!

In all seriousness, something in me says Columbus. Then again, we've seen how good my gut instincts are

I'll muse about it some more and come back later . . . .

-L

 

[W|M]

Genghis Khan's conquests of Asia? (The name "Temüjin" is believed to derive from the word temür, meaning iron)

 

[nightcreature]

Celtic movement into Britain and Ireland?
The joke was on the man of metal
The Celts slowly killed off the beaker people (first metalsmiths in Britain), who had took over from the Neolithic people there.

When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home
The Celts then built their own homes in Britain and they must have sailed over by using wind after leaving mainland Europe. During their travel across the channel, they might have considered themselves homeless, and they found a home in Britain and Ireland.

 

[Optical]

Agincourt (?), where longbows massacred knights?

 

[mayor]

The joke was on the man of metal
When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home

Hmmm... Good one.

thanks

Man of metal - could refer to Tamerlane (Timur = iron) or perhaps Stalin, but it doesn't seem to fit with the other three lines.

The homeless - probably referring to refugees or exiles, rather than colonial expeditions.

I'm thinking of the expulsion of Jews from Spain and subsequent settlement in the Ottoman Empire.

The man of metal could be many people, like Stalin (stal = steel) or Tamerlane, as taillesskangaru says, but it could also be a knight, wearing a full armour.
The part about the homeless is a bit harder. Maybe the "driven by wind" does not refer to actual wind, but by someone whose name means wind or something similar.
A group of people losing their homeland to a "man of metal" and then travelling somewhere else to find a home...

Genghis Khan's conquests of Asia? (The name "Temüjin" is believed to derive from the word temür, meaning iron)

While it does refer to a man it isn't deprived from his actual name

@LH: Columbus? how is he a man of metal?
@Olaf: we already had Agincourt


and I'll be gone from a computer all day, so it will be another 8 hours (?)at least (I think) before I can comment again

 

[Optical]

Did we? Oh...

the last three lines could be homing pigeons

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Minoans (Crete) being overun by Myceneans?

 

[strijder20]

Bismarck was the Iron chancellor. Just mentioning.

 

[W|M]

The Spanish conquests of Native American civilizations?

 

[mayor]

nope



The joke was on the man of metal
When the homeless
driven by wind
were surprised to find a home
They found the home abandoned by the dueno
he had to deal with troubles in one of his other houses

 

[Optical]

That sounds a lot like someone being exiled.

 

[Milarqui]

Ehhh... damn...

Right now, I just thought that maybe it was the exile of the Republicans to the Soviet Union after the Spanish Civil War.

 

[W|M]

The Prussian Crusade?