babushkalauncher t1_iy99n2q wrote on November 29, 2022 at 6:31 PM

Reply to comment by stevench2000 in [OC] All teams/countries engaged in the world cup (at different stages) by laurentmolter

Baby steps. This is the first time Canada has made it to the WC in over 30 years.

babushkalauncher OP t1_iv26ytk wrote on November 4, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Reply to comment by NiceButOdd in The locations of the Alexandrias: we all know of the one in Egypt, but Alexander founded up to 70 cities bearing his name. Here are some of the other ones I’ve discovered reading about ancient geography. by babushkalauncher

I wrote most of it so yes

babushkalauncher t1_iv1me07 wrote on November 4, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Reply to Why was unified Italy so culturally divided but unified Germany wasn't? by Bro_c0ly

I don’t think it’s true that Germany was more unified. Bavaria is very different culturally and religiously than Schleswig Holstein. The difference I think was that Germany industrialized pretty evenly across the board, whereas industrialization in Italy initially only took off in Lombardy and the north, leaving the South to languish in poverty as it was mostly agrarian. Even today the south of Italy is much less industrialized than the north.

There was not such a pronounced wealth gap in Germany between regions until the East-West division during the Cold War.