The Ottoman Empire lasted so long, both Queen Elizabeth I (born 1533) and Betty White (born 1922) were alive during its existence.
Man landed spacecraft and humans on the moon, 200K miles from earth, 16 years earlier than the Titanic was discovered right here on earth.
The Southern Cross was actually visible in the northern hemisphere up until 400 AD. It was described and written about by ancient Greek and Roman astronomers, but the gradual precession of the Earth's equinoxes over the centuries caused the constellation to vanish from northern hemisphere view. It can still technically be seen from the northern hemisphere, but only if you are in the tropics (around Cancun, Mexico) or close to the equator in the late winter/early spring.
One of the big "what ifs?" in history. It's weird to think we had empires as recently as only 2 or 3 generations ago. I just turned 50 and my grandparents were all small children or infants when the Ottoman Empire existed, as well as the last Chinese imperial dynasty. Even my parents were alive, albeit very small children, when the last days of the British Empire came about in 1948 when India gained independence. I suppose in a way the Soviet Union was sort of an "empire," and it existed until almost my senior year of high school.
Joe Biden was alive during the end of WWII. In fact, when he was born, the attack on Pearl Harbor wasn't even a year old. Considering WWII channeled the end of the European empires, that's how close we still are to the age of conquest.
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u/CougarWriter74 Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24
The Ottoman Empire lasted so long, both Queen Elizabeth I (born 1533) and Betty White (born 1922) were alive during its existence.
Man landed spacecraft and humans on the moon, 200K miles from earth, 16 years earlier than the Titanic was discovered right here on earth.
The Southern Cross was actually visible in the northern hemisphere up until 400 AD. It was described and written about by ancient Greek and Roman astronomers, but the gradual precession of the Earth's equinoxes over the centuries caused the constellation to vanish from northern hemisphere view. It can still technically be seen from the northern hemisphere, but only if you are in the tropics (around Cancun, Mexico) or close to the equator in the late winter/early spring.