Morbanth t1_j90e9c5 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 7:08 AM

Reply to comment by Initial_Cellist9240 in Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation | Archaeology by JesseBricks

Ireland doesn't have tels, it has barrows.

Morbanth t1_j90e71l wrote on February 18, 2023 at 7:07 AM

Reply to comment by Penitent_Exile in Discovery of 4,500-year-old palace in Iraq may hold key to ancient civilisation | Archaeology by JesseBricks

> So did it thrive in pre-Akkadian Sumer or during?

Both. Also, the Akkadians were thoroughly a part of Sumer long before Sargon, and the first bilingual documents date a few centuries before him as well.

Incidentally, Ningirsu, the tutelary deity of Girsu, had a talking mace called Shar-ur, meaning "Smasher of thousands". :D Not related to anything, just think it's great.

Morbanth t1_j5t3c1d wrote on January 25, 2023 at 11:08 AM

Reply to comment by Gone213 in Germany Agrees to Send Leopard 2A6s to Ukraine by For_All_Humanity

>Germany and Poland were in a standoff on who would send tanks first. Did I get this right?

No. Countries that buy the Leopard agree to follow German arms restrictions and everyone was waiting for permission from Scholz to send their used, older model tanks to Ukraine. Scholz asked the US to put their money where their mouth is and send Abrams first, which they agreed to. Now Ukraine is getting 30 Abrams and about 100 Leopards.