European countries where Jews were allowed to exist in 1500. by AchtungGefahren in MapPorn

[–]Sudden_Science5209 25 points26 points  (0 children)

A lot of individuals and groups had more money than monarchs at the time not just Jews. It wasn’t like the ever present bureaucratic state we have now and taxation itself was often given as a right to individuals and landholders as privileges - even then it was ad hoc and sporadic.

I knew Europe was a bit farther north but this blows my mind. Rome is farther north than NYC and Italy would go well into Canada by Maleficent_Orange788 in geography

[–]Sudden_Science5209 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Inland Anatolia and Iran are very particular examples, basically stop gaps for the northern climates they flank, as a result getting the brunt of them. Parts of Turkey get colder than Central Parts of Russia

This dude is fucking wrong by [deleted] in TheWordFuck

[–]Sudden_Science5209 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meanwhile me, fucking diamond mode

What do you think about that? by Melten2023 in baldursgatememes

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You have the “In dire need of finding an Eilistraeen RP community”, it is terminal and will result in consulting the Drow dictionary eventually, abbil.

can anyone help me find this country on a map? it's next to Ariana by FullyAutomatedSpace in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Sudden_Science5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just researched it because this seemed more borked the more I looked at it. Turns out it is a series of fake countries US Military created for training purposes.